#38B0B6#38B0B6

#38B0B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.103 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0B6
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 182)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -30.37, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 32.92, 202.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0972 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.103 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5960, 35.2659, 49.7049)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0B6 #B63E38

analogous

#38B67D #38B0B6 #3871B6

triadic

#38B0B6 #B638B0 #B0B638

tetradic

#38B0B6 #7D38B6 #B63E38 #71B638

square

#38B0B6 #7D38B6 #B63E38 #71B638

split-complementary

#38B0B6 #B63871 #B67D38

monochromatic

#1B5558 #2A8387 #38B0B6 #5EC8CD #8DD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B0B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38B0B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0B6

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0B6	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A8B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.103 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8cb',
    500: '#38b0b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0b6;
$custom-light: #81c8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0B6

secondary

#C68784

accent

#524BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0B6

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

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