#38ACB3#38ACB3

#38ACB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.101 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACB3
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 179)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -29.31, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 32.07, 203.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0944 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.101 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5165, 33.5977, 47.8320)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACB3 #B33F38

analogous

#38B37C #38ACB3 #386EB3

triadic

#38ACB3 #B338AC #ACB338

tetradic

#38ACB3 #7C38B3 #B33F38 #6EB338

square

#38ACB3 #7C38B3 #B33F38 #6EB338

split-complementary

#38ACB3 #B3386E #B37C38

monochromatic

#1B5256 #297F84 #38ACB3 #5CC6CC #8BD6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ACB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#38ACB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACB3

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACB3	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.101 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5c9',
    500: '#38acb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acb3;
$custom-light: #80c5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.415,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68405,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACB3

secondary

#C58682

accent

#544CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACB3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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