#38B7B6#38B7B6

#38B7B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7B6
RGBrgb(56, 183, 182)
HSLhsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 69%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.08, -33.72, -9.51)
CIE-LCHlch(68.08, 35.03, 195.75°)
OKLaboklab(71.22% -0.1043 -0.0264)
OKLCHoklch(71.22% 0.108 194.2)
XYZxyz(27.0040, 38.0820, 50.1743)
Luminance0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7B6 #B73839
analogous
#38B777 #38B7B6 #3878B7
triadic
#38B7B6 #B638B7 #B7B638
tetradic
#38B7B6 #7738B7 #B73839 #78B738
square
#38B7B6 #7738B7 #B73839 #78B738
split-complementary
#38B7B6 #B73878 #B77738
monochromatic
#1B5959 #2A8887 #38B7B6 #5ECECD #8DDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#38B7B6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62
#38B7B6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7B6
8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7B6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7B61.002.448.628.62
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6221.001.001.00
##0000008.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABAEB6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A0B7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 194.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdcb',
    500: '#38b7b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7b6;
$custom-light: #82cdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.528,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7B6
secondary
#C78485
accent
#4B4CDD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B7B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva