#38ACB8#38ACB8

#38ACB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.102 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACB8
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 184)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -27.81, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 31.86, 209.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0922 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.102 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0314, 33.8036, 50.5436)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACB8 #B84438

analogous

#38B884 #38ACB8 #386CB8

triadic

#38ACB8 #B838AC #ACB838

tetradic

#38ACB8 #8438B8 #B84438 #6CB838

square

#38ACB8 #8438B8 #B84438 #6CB838

split-complementary

#38ACB8 #B8386C #B88438

monochromatic

#1B545A #2A8089 #38ACB8 #5FC4CE #8ED5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ACB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#38ACB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACB8

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACB8	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.102 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5cd',
    500: '#38acb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acb8;
$custom-light: #80c5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACB8

secondary

#C78B85

accent

#594BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACB8

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

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