#38C2B6#38C2B6

#38C2B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B6
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 182)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 6.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -38.80, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 39.07, 186.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.1153 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.116 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3622, 42.7983, 50.9603)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B6 #C23844

analogous

#38C271 #38C2B6 #3889C2

triadic

#38C2B6 #B638C2 #C2B638

tetradic

#38C2B6 #7138C2 #C23844 #89C238

square

#38C2B6 #7138C2 #C23844 #89C238

split-complementary

#38C2B6 #C23889 #C27138

monochromatic

#1D635D #2A9389 #38C2B6 #65D2C9 #94E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C2B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38C2B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B6

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B6	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5cb',
    500: '#38c2b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b6;
$custom-light: #83d5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B6

secondary

#CB8A90

accent

#4956DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B6

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

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