#38BCB6#38BCB6

#38BCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB6
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -36.05, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 36.78, 191.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1093 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.111 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0537, 40.1813, 50.5241)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB6 #BC383E

analogous

#38BC74 #38BCB6 #3880BC

triadic

#38BCB6 #B638BC #BCB638

tetradic

#38BCB6 #7438BC #BC383E #80BC38

square

#38BCB6 #7438BC #BC383E #80BC38

split-complementary

#38BCB6 #BC3880 #BC7438

monochromatic

#1C5E5B #2A8D88 #38BCB6 #61D0CB #90DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB6

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB6	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cb',
    500: '#38bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb6;
$custom-light: #82d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB6

secondary

#C9878A

accent

#4A51DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB6

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

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