#38ACB7#38ACB7

#38ACB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.102 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACB7
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 183)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -28.11, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 31.88, 208.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0926 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.102 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9269, 33.7618, 49.9935)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACB7 #B74338

analogous

#38B783 #38ACB7 #386DB7

triadic

#38ACB7 #B738AC #ACB738

tetradic

#38ACB7 #8338B7 #B74338 #6DB738

square

#38ACB7 #8338B7 #B74338 #6DB738

split-complementary

#38ACB7 #B7386D #B78338

monochromatic

#1B5459 #2A8088 #38ACB7 #5EC4CE #8DD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ACB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38ACB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACB7

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACB7	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.102 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5cc',
    500: '#38acb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acb7;
$custom-light: #80c5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.197,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68555,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACB7

secondary

#C78A84

accent

#584BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACB7

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

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