#38B0A3#38B0A3

#38B0A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.106 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0A3
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 163)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 7.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -35.80, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 35.93, 184.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.1056 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.106 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7640, 34.5331, 40.0564)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0A3 #B03845

analogous

#38B067 #38B0A3 #3881B0

triadic

#38B0A3 #A338B0 #B0A338

tetradic

#38B0A3 #6738B0 #B03845 #81B038

square

#38B0A3 #6738B0 #B03845 #81B038

split-complementary

#38B0A3 #B03881 #B06738

monochromatic

#1A534D #298278 #38B0A3 #5BCBBF #89D9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38B0A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#38B0A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0A3

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0A3	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.106 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc8be',
    500: '#38b0a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0a3;
$custom-light: #7fc8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68846,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0A3

secondary

#C48087

accent

#4D5CDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0A3

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

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