#38B2B0#38B2B0

#38B2B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2B0
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 176)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -33.08, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 34.21, 194.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.1018 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.105 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3842, 35.8132, 46.6407)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2B0 #B2383A

analogous

#38B273 #38B2B0 #3877B2

triadic

#38B2B0 #B038B2 #B2B038

tetradic

#38B2B0 #7338B2 #B2383A #77B238

square

#38B2B0 #7338B2 #B2383A #77B238

split-complementary

#38B2B0 #B23877 #B27338

monochromatic

#1B5554 #298382 #38B2B0 #5CCCCA #8ADAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B2B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B2B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2B0

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2B0	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c7',
    500: '#38b2b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2b0;
$custom-light: #80c9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69779,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2B0

secondary

#C58182

accent

#4C4FDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2B0

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

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