#38B6BF#38B6BF

#38B6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6BF
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -30.60, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 33.86, 205.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0994 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7587, 38.0550, 55.1625)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6BF #BF4138

analogous

#38BF84 #38B6BF #3872BF

triadic

#38B6BF #BF38B6 #B6BF38

tetradic

#38B6BF #8438BF #BF4138 #72BF38

square

#38B6BF #8438BF #BF4138 #72BF38

split-complementary

#38B6BF #BF3872 #BF8438

monochromatic

#1C5C60 #2A8990 #38B6BF #63CAD1 #92DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#38B6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6BF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6BF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd2',
    500: '#38b6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6bf;
$custom-light: #82ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.713,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6BF

secondary

#CA8D89

accent

#544ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6BF

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

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