#38B6BB#38B6BB

#38B6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6BB
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -31.78, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 34.15, 201.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.1011 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3245, 37.8813, 52.8758)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6BB #BB3D38

analogous

#38BB7E #38B6BB #3875BB

triadic

#38B6BB #BB38B6 #B6BB38

tetradic

#38B6BB #7E38BB #BB3D38 #75BB38

square

#38B6BB #7E38BB #BB3D38 #75BB38

split-complementary

#38B6BB #BB3875 #BB7E38

monochromatic

#1C5A5D #2A888C #38B6BB #61CBD0 #90DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#38B6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6BB

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6BB	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cccf',
    500: '#38b6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6bb;
$custom-light: #82cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6BB

secondary

#C88986

accent

#504BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6BB

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

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