#38B3B3#38B3B3

#38B3B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3B3
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 179)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -32.69, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 34.13, 196.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.1015 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.105 195)
XYZ	xyz(25.8840, 36.3326, 48.2878)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3B3 #B33838

analogous

#38B375 #38B3B3 #3875B3

triadic

#38B3B3 #B338B3 #B3B338

tetradic

#38B3B3 #7538B3 #B33838 #75B338

square

#38B3B3 #7538B3 #B33838 #75B338

split-complementary

#38B3B3 #B33875 #B37538

monochromatic

#1B5656 #298484 #38B3B3 #5CCCCC #8BDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B3B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#38B3B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3B3

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3B3	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cac9',
    500: '#38b3b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3b3;
$custom-light: #81cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70131,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.36336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3B3

secondary

#C58282

accent

#4C4CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3B3

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

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