#38B6AD#38B6AD

#38B6AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6AD
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -35.80, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 36.21, 188.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.1073 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.108 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8982, 37.3108, 45.3639)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6AD #B63841

analogous

#38B66E #38B6AD #3880B6

triadic

#38B6AD #AD38B6 #B6AD38

tetradic

#38B6AD #6E38B6 #B63841 #80B638

square

#38B6AD #6E38B6 #B63841 #80B638

split-complementary

#38B6AD #B63880 #B66E38

monochromatic

#1B5854 #2A8781 #38B6AD #5ECDC5 #8DDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B6AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B6AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6AD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6AD	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)

#ACACAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc5',
    500: '#38b6ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6ad;
$custom-light: #81ccc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7067,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6AD

secondary

#C68488

accent

#4B56DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6AD

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

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