#38B6BD#38B6BD

#38B6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6BD
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -31.19, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 33.99, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.1002 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5401, 37.9676, 54.0113)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6BD #BD3F38

analogous

#38BD81 #38B6BD #3873BD

triadic

#38B6BD #BD38B6 #B6BD38

tetradic

#38B6BD #8138BD #BD3F38 #73BD38

square

#38B6BD #8138BD #BD3F38 #73BD38

split-complementary

#38B6BD #BD3873 #BD8138

monochromatic

#1C5B5F #2A898E #38B6BD #62CBD0 #91DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#38B6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6BD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6BD	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd0',
    500: '#38b6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6bd;
$custom-light: #82ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71227,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6BD

secondary

#C98B87

accent

#524ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6BD

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

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