#38B0AE#38B0AE

#38B0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.103 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0AE
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, -32.71, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 33.83, 194.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.1007 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.103 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7927, 34.9446, 45.4745)
Luminance	0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0AE #B0383A

analogous

#38B072 #38B0AE #3876B0

triadic

#38B0AE #AE38B0 #B0AE38

tetradic

#38B0AE #7238B0 #B0383A #76B038

square

#38B0AE #7238B0 #B0383A #76B038

split-complementary

#38B0AE #B03876 #B07238

monochromatic

#1A5352 #298280 #38B0AE #5BCBC9 #89D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38B0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#38B0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0AE

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0AE	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.103 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c8c6',
    500: '#38b0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0ae;
$custom-light: #80c8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69215,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0AE

secondary

#C48081

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0AE

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

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