#38AEB6#38AEB6

#38AEB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEB6
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -29.40, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 32.39, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0951 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2067, 34.4874, 49.5752)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEB6 #B64038

analogous

#38B67F #38AEB6 #386FB6

triadic

#38AEB6 #B638AE #AEB638

tetradic

#38AEB6 #7F38B6 #B64038 #6FB638

square

#38AEB6 #7F38B6 #B64038 #6FB638

split-complementary

#38AEB6 #B6386F #B67F38

monochromatic

#1B5558 #2A8187 #38AEB6 #5EC6CD #8DD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38AEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38AEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEB6

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEB6	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A6B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E99B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6cb',
    500: '#38aeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aeb6;
$custom-light: #80c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.81,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69008,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEB6

secondary

#C68884

accent

#554BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEB6

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

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