#38B4B6#38B4B6

#38B4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B4B6
RGBrgb(56, 180, 182)
HSLhsl(181, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(181, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.17, -32.29, -10.87)
CIE-LCHlch(67.17, 34.08, 198.61°)
OKLaboklab(70.48% -0.1012 -0.0302)
OKLCHoklch(70.48% 0.106 196.6)
XYZxyz(26.3919, 36.8576, 49.9702)
Luminance0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B4B6 #B63A38
analogous
#38B679 #38B4B6 #3875B6
triadic
#38B4B6 #B638B4 #B4B638
tetradic
#38B4B6 #7938B6 #B63A38 #75B638
square
#38B4B6 #7938B6 #B63A38 #75B638
split-complementary
#38B4B6 #B63875 #B67938
monochromatic
#1B5758 #2A8687 #38B4B6 #5ECCCD #8DDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#38B4B6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37
#38B4B6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4B6
8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B4B6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B4B61.002.518.378.37
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3721.001.001.00
##0000008.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8ABB6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#959EB7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 196.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbcb',
    500: '#38b4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b4b6;
$custom-light: #81cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B4B6
secondary
#C68584
accent
#4E4BDC
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F8
border
#CBD1D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4B6

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#38B4B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva