#38B5B6#38B5B6

#38B5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5B6
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 182)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -32.77, -10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 34.39, 197.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.1022 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.106 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5945, 37.2628, 50.0377)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5B6 #B63938

analogous

#38B678 #38B5B6 #3876B6

triadic

#38B5B6 #B638B5 #B5B638

tetradic

#38B5B6 #7838B6 #B63938 #76B638

square

#38B5B6 #7838B6 #B63938 #76B638

split-complementary

#38B5B6 #B63876 #B67838

monochromatic

#1B5858 #2A8687 #38B5B6 #5ECDCD #8DDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#38B5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5B6

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5B6	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbcb',
    500: '#38b5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5b6;
$custom-light: #81cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.476,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7073,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5B6

secondary

#C68484

accent

#4D4BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5B6

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

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