#38B6B3#38B6B3

#38B6B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6B3
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -34.11, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 35.14, 193.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.1046 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.107 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4918, 37.5482, 48.4904)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6B3 #B6383B

analogous

#38B674 #38B6B3 #387AB6

triadic

#38B6B3 #B338B6 #B6B338

tetradic

#38B6B3 #7438B6 #B6383B #7AB638

square

#38B6B3 #7438B6 #B6383B #7AB638

split-complementary

#38B6B3 #B6387A #B67438

monochromatic

#1B5857 #2A8785 #38B6B3 #5ECDCB #8DDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B6B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#38B6B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6B3

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6B3	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccc9',
    500: '#38b6b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6b3;
$custom-light: #81ccc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.571,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6B3

secondary

#C68485

accent

#4B4FDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6B3

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

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