#38B6BE#38B6BE

#38B6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6BE
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -30.90, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 33.92, 204.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0998 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6490, 38.0111, 54.5849)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6BE #BE4038

analogous

#38BE83 #38B6BE #3873BE

triadic

#38B6BE #BE38B6 #B6BE38

tetradic

#38B6BE #8338BE #BE4038 #73BE38

square

#38B6BE #8338BE #BE4038 #73BE38

split-complementary

#38B6BE #BE3873 #BE8338

monochromatic

#1C5B5F #2A898F #38B6BE #62CAD1 #92DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#38B6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6BE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6BE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd1',
    500: '#38b6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6be;
$custom-light: #82ccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.582,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71263,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6BE

secondary

#CA8C88

accent

#534ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6BE

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

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