#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
RGBrgb(56, 182, 179)
HSLhsl(179, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(179, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.69, -34.11, -8.44)
CIE-LCHlch(67.69, 35.14, 193.91°)
OKLaboklab(70.87% -0.1046 -0.0235)
OKLCHoklch(70.87% 0.107 192.7)
XYZxyz(26.4918, 37.5482, 48.4904)
Luminance0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B6B31.002.478.518.51
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5121.001.001.00
##0000008.5121.001.001.00

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

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#38B6B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva