#38AFB6#38AFB6

#38AFB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFB6
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 182)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -29.88, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 32.65, 203.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0961 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.103 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4006, 34.8752, 49.6398)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFB6 #B63F38

analogous

#38B67E #38AFB6 #3870B6

triadic

#38AFB6 #B638AF #AFB638

tetradic

#38AFB6 #7E38B6 #B63F38 #70B638

square

#38AFB6 #7E38B6 #B63F38 #70B638

split-complementary

#38AFB6 #B63870 #B67E38

monochromatic

#1B5558 #2A8287 #38AFB6 #5EC7CD #8DD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38AFB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#38AFB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFB6

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFB6	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7cb',
    500: '#38afb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afb6;
$custom-light: #81c7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69254,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFB6

secondary

#C68784

accent

#534BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFB6

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

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