#38B1B2#38B1B2

#38B1B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1B2
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 178)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -32.03, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 33.61, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0999 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.104 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3853, 35.4965, 47.6245)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1B2 #B23938

analogous

#38B276 #38B1B2 #3874B2

triadic

#38B1B2 #B238B1 #B1B238

tetradic

#38B1B2 #7638B2 #B23938 #74B238

square

#38B1B2 #7638B2 #B23938 #74B238

split-complementary

#38B1B2 #B23874 #B27638

monochromatic

#1B5455 #298383 #38B1B2 #5CCBCC #8ADADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B1B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38B1B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1B2

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1B2	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c9',
    500: '#38b1b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1b2;
$custom-light: #80c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.492,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69602,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1B2

secondary

#C58281

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1B2

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

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