#38B6B2#38B6B2

#38B6B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6B2
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -34.39, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 35.30, 192.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.105 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.107 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3910, 37.5079, 47.9597)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6B2 #B6383C

analogous

#38B673 #38B6B2 #387BB6

triadic

#38B6B2 #B238B6 #B6B238

tetradic

#38B6B2 #7338B6 #B6383C #7BB638

square

#38B6B2 #7338B6 #B6383C #7BB638

split-complementary

#38B6B2 #B6387B #B67338

monochromatic

#1B5856 #2A8784 #38B6B2 #5ECDCA #8DDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#38B6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6B2

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6B2	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc9',
    500: '#38b6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6b2;
$custom-light: #81ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6B2

secondary

#C68486

accent

#4B50DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6B2

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

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