#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
RGBrgb(56, 178, 184)
HSLhsl(183, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(183, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.63, -30.75, -12.80)
CIE-LCHlch(66.63, 33.30, 202.60°)
OKLaboklab(70.06% -0.0983 -0.0355)
OKLCHoklch(70.06% 0.105 199.9)
XYZxyz(26.1992, 36.1392, 50.9329)
Luminance0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B2B81.002.558.238.23
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2321.001.001.00
##0000008.2321.001.001.00

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

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#38B2B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva