#38BBB6#38BBB6

#38BBB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBB6
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -35.59, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 36.41, 192.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1083 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.11 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8408, 39.7555, 50.4532)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBB6 #BB383D

analogous

#38BB75 #38BBB6 #387EBB

triadic

#38BBB6 #B638BB #BBB638

tetradic

#38BBB6 #7538BB #BB383D #7EBB38

square

#38BBB6 #7538BB #BB383D #7EBB38

split-complementary

#38BBB6 #BB387E #BB7538

monochromatic

#1C5D5A #2A8C88 #38BBB6 #61D0CB #90DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#38BBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBB6

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBB6	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cb',
    500: '#38bbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbb6;
$custom-light: #82d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.71,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72208,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBB6

secondary

#C88689

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBB6

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

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