#38B2B8#38B2B8

#38B2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2B8
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -30.75, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 33.30, 202.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0983 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.105 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1992, 36.1392, 50.9329)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2B8 #B83E38

analogous

#38B87E #38B2B8 #3872B8

triadic

#38B2B8 #B838B2 #B2B838

tetradic

#38B2B8 #7E38B8 #B83E38 #72B838

square

#38B2B8 #7E38B8 #B83E38 #72B838

split-complementary

#38B2B8 #B83872 #B87E38

monochromatic

#1B575A #2A8589 #38B2B8 #5FC9CE #8ED9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#38B2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2B8

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2B8	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9cd',
    500: '#38b2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2b8;
$custom-light: #81c9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.813,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70064,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2B8

secondary

#C78885

accent

#524BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2B8

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

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