#38ACB6#38ACB6

#38ACB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.101 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACB6
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 182)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -28.41, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 31.91, 207.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0931 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.101 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8232, 33.7203, 49.4473)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACB6 #B64238

analogous

#38B681 #38ACB6 #386DB6

triadic

#38ACB6 #B638AC #ACB638

tetradic

#38ACB6 #8138B6 #B64238 #6DB638

square

#38ACB6 #8138B6 #B64238 #6DB638

split-complementary

#38ACB6 #B6386D #B68138

monochromatic

#1B5458 #2A8087 #38ACB6 #5EC5CD #8DD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ACB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#38ACB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACB6

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACB6	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.101 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5cb',
    500: '#38acb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acb6;
$custom-light: #80c5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68517,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACB6

secondary

#C68984

accent

#574BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACB6

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

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