#38B6BA#38B6BA

#38B6BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6BA
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -32.08, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 34.25, 200.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1015 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.107 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2178, 37.8386, 52.3140)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6BA #BA3C38

analogous

#38BA7D #38B6BA #3875BA

triadic

#38B6BA #BA38B6 #B6BA38

tetradic

#38B6BA #7D38BA #BA3C38 #75BA38

square

#38B6BA #7D38BA #BA3C38 #75BA38

split-complementary

#38B6BA #BA3875 #BA7D38

monochromatic

#1C5A5C #2A888B #38B6BA #60CCCF #8FDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#38B6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6BA

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6BA	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccce',
    500: '#38b6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6ba;
$custom-light: #82ccce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71118,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6BA

secondary

#C88886

accent

#4F4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6BA

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

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