#38B6AA#38B6AA

#38B6AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6AA
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -36.64, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 36.84, 186.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.1086 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.109 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6111, 37.1960, 43.8522)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6AA #B63844

analogous

#38B66B #38B6AA #3883B6

triadic

#38B6AA #AA38B6 #B6AA38

tetradic

#38B6AA #6B38B6 #B63844 #83B638

square

#38B6AA #6B38B6 #B63844 #83B638

split-complementary

#38B6AA #B63883 #B66B38

monochromatic

#1B5853 #2A877E #38B6AA #5ECDC3 #8DDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#38B6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6AA

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6AA	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc3',
    500: '#38b6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6aa;
$custom-light: #80ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6AA

secondary

#C6848A

accent

#4B59DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6AA

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

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