#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
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 182)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -33.72, -9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 35.03, 195.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.1043 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.108 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0040, 38.0820, 50.1743)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B7B6	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B7B6

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

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