#38B1AA#38B1AA

#38B1AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.105 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1AA
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -34.32, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 34.86, 190.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.1035 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.105 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6054, 35.1845, 43.5169)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1AA #B1383F

analogous

#38B16D #38B1AA #387BB1

triadic

#38B1AA #AA38B1 #B1AA38

tetradic

#38B1AA #6D38B1 #B1383F #7BB138

square

#38B1AA #6D38B1 #B1383F #7BB138

split-complementary

#38B1AA #B1387B #B16D38

monochromatic

#1B5451 #29837D #38B1AA #5BCBC5 #8ADAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#38B1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1AA

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1AA	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.105 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c3',
    500: '#38b1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1aa;
$custom-light: #80c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69326,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1AA

secondary

#C48185

accent

#4C55DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1AA

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

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