#38B6B4#38B6B4

#38B6B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6B4
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 180)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -33.82, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 34.99, 194.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.1041 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.107 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5933, 37.5888, 49.0250)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6B4 #B6383A

analogous

#38B675 #38B6B4 #3879B6

triadic

#38B6B4 #B438B6 #B6B438

tetradic

#38B6B4 #7538B6 #B6383A #79B638

square

#38B6B4 #7538B6 #B6383A #79B638

split-complementary

#38B6B4 #B63879 #B67538

monochromatic

#1B5857 #2A8786 #38B6B4 #5ECDCC #8DDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#38B6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6B4

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6B4	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ccca',
    500: '#38b6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6b4;
$custom-light: #81ccca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70907,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6B4

secondary

#C68485

accent

#4B4EDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6B4

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

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