#38B6AC#38B6AC

#38B6AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6AC
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -36.08, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 36.41, 187.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.1077 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.109 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8018, 37.2722, 44.8562)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6AC #B63842

analogous

#38B66D #38B6AC #3881B6

triadic

#38B6AC #AC38B6 #B6AC38

tetradic

#38B6AC #6D38B6 #B63842 #81B638

square

#38B6AC #6D38B6 #B63842 #81B638

split-complementary

#38B6AC #B63881 #B66D38

monochromatic

#1B5854 #2A8780 #38B6AC #5ECDC5 #8DDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6AC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6AC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc4',
    500: '#38b6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6ac;
$custom-light: #81ccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.238,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6AC

secondary

#C68489

accent

#4B57DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6AC

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

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