#38B0AC#38B0AC

#38B0AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0AC
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -33.28, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 34.14, 192.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.1016 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.104 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5992, 34.8672, 44.4553)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0AC #B0383C

analogous

#38B070 #38B0AC #3878B0

triadic

#38B0AC #AC38B0 #B0AC38

tetradic

#38B0AC #7038B0 #B0383C #78B038

square

#38B0AC #7038B0 #B0383C #78B038

split-complementary

#38B0AC #B03878 #B07038

monochromatic

#1A5351 #29827F #38B0AC #5BCBC7 #89D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38B0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#38B0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0AC

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0AC	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c8c4',
    500: '#38b0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0ac;
$custom-light: #80c8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69146,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0AC

secondary

#C48082

accent

#4D51DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0AC

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

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