#38B6AF#38B6AF

#38B6AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6AF
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -35.24, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 35.82, 190.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1064 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.108 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0931, 37.3888, 46.3907)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6AF #B6383F

analogous

#38B670 #38B6AF #387EB6

triadic

#38B6AF #AF38B6 #B6AF38

tetradic

#38B6AF #7038B6 #B6383F #7EB638

square

#38B6AF #7038B6 #B6383F #7EB638

split-complementary

#38B6AF #B6387E #B67038

monochromatic

#1B5855 #2A8782 #38B6AF #5ECDC7 #8DDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#38B6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6AF

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6AF	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc6',
    500: '#38b6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6af;
$custom-light: #81ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70736,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6AF

secondary

#C68487

accent

#4B53DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6AF

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

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