#38B0A2#38B0A2

#38B0A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.106 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0A2
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 162)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -36.08, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 36.16, 183.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.1061 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.106 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6747, 34.4974, 39.5864)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0A2 #B03846

analogous

#38B066 #38B0A2 #3882B0

triadic

#38B0A2 #A238B0 #B0A238

tetradic

#38B0A2 #6638B0 #B03846 #82B038

square

#38B0A2 #6638B0 #B03846 #82B038

split-complementary

#38B0A2 #B03882 #B06638

monochromatic

#1A534D #298277 #38B0A2 #5BCBBE #89D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B0A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38B0A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0A2

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0A2	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.106 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc8bd',
    500: '#38b0a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0a2;
$custom-light: #7fc8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68814,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0A2

secondary

#C48088

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0A2

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

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