#38B6AB#38B6AB

#38B6AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6AB
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -36.36, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 36.62, 186.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.1082 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.109 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7061, 37.2340, 44.3523)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6AB #B63843

analogous

#38B66C #38B6AB #3882B6

triadic

#38B6AB #AB38B6 #B6AB38

tetradic

#38B6AB #6C38B6 #B63843 #82B638

square

#38B6AB #6C38B6 #B63843 #82B638

split-complementary

#38B6AB #B63882 #B66C38

monochromatic

#1B5853 #2A877F #38B6AB #5ECDC4 #8DDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B6AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#38B6AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6AB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6AB	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc3',
    500: '#38b6ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6ab;
$custom-light: #80ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.762,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6AB

secondary

#C68489

accent

#4B58DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6AB

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

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