#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
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 182)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -32.29, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 34.08, 198.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.1012 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3919, 36.8576, 49.9702)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B4B6	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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