#38B2B3#38B2B3

#38B2B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2B3
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 179)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -32.21, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 33.81, 197.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1005 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.104 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6843, 35.9332, 48.2213)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2B3 #B33938

analogous

#38B376 #38B2B3 #3874B3

triadic

#38B2B3 #B338B2 #B2B338

tetradic

#38B2B3 #7638B3 #B33938 #74B338

square

#38B2B3 #7638B3 #B33938 #74B338

split-complementary

#38B2B3 #B33874 #B37638

monochromatic

#1B5556 #298484 #38B2B3 #5CCBCC #8BDADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#38B2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2B3

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2B3	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9c9',
    500: '#38b2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2b3;
$custom-light: #81c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2B3

secondary

#C58282

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2B3

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

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