#38B2B6#38B2B6

#38B2B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.104 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2B6
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 182)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -31.34, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 33.48, 200.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0992 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.104 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9910, 36.0559, 49.8366)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2B6 #B63C38

analogous

#38B67B #38B2B6 #3873B6

triadic

#38B2B6 #B638B2 #B2B638

tetradic

#38B2B6 #7B38B6 #B63C38 #73B638

square

#38B2B6 #7B38B6 #B63C38 #73B638

split-complementary

#38B2B6 #B63873 #B67B38

monochromatic

#1B5658 #2A8487 #38B2B6 #5ECACD #8DD9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#38B2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2B6

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2B6	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.104 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9cb',
    500: '#38b2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2b6;
$custom-light: #81c9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69992,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2B6

secondary

#C68684

accent

#504BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2B6

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

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