#38B6AE#38B6AE

#38B6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6AE
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -35.52, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 36.01, 189.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.1068 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.108 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9953, 37.3496, 45.8754)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6AE #B63840

analogous

#38B66F #38B6AE #387FB6

triadic

#38B6AE #AE38B6 #B6AE38

tetradic

#38B6AE #6F38B6 #B63840 #7FB638

square

#38B6AE #6F38B6 #B63840 #7FB638

split-complementary

#38B6AE #B6387F #B66F38

monochromatic

#1B5855 #2A8781 #38B6AE #5ECDC6 #8DDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#38B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6AE

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6AE	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc6',
    500: '#38b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6ae;
$custom-light: #81ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.19,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70703,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6AE

secondary

#C68488

accent

#4B55DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6AE

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

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