#38B0B2#38B0B2

#38B0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.103 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0B2
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -31.55, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 33.30, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0989 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.103 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1885, 35.1029, 47.5589)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0B2 #B23A38

analogous

#38B277 #38B0B2 #3873B2

triadic

#38B0B2 #B238B0 #B0B238

tetradic

#38B0B2 #7738B2 #B23A38 #73B238

square

#38B0B2 #7738B2 #B23A38 #73B238

split-complementary

#38B0B2 #B23873 #B27738

monochromatic

#1B5455 #298283 #38B0B2 #5CCACC #8AD9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38B0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38B0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0B2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0B2	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.103 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c8c9',
    500: '#38b0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0b2;
$custom-light: #80c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69355,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0B2

secondary

#C58281

accent

#4F4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0B2

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

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