#38B5B2#38B5B2

#38B5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5B2
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -33.92, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 34.95, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.104 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.107 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1870, 37.0998, 47.8917)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5B2 #B5383B

analogous

#38B574 #38B5B2 #387AB5

triadic

#38B5B2 #B238B5 #B5B238

tetradic

#38B5B2 #7438B5 #B5383B #7AB538

square

#38B5B2 #7438B5 #B5383B #7AB538

split-complementary

#38B5B2 #B5387A #B57438

monochromatic

#1B5856 #2A8684 #38B5B2 #5DCDCA #8CDBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#38B5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5B2

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5B2	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbc9',
    500: '#38b5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5b2;
$custom-light: #81cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70591,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5B2

secondary

#C68385

accent

#4C4FDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5B2

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

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