#38B1AB#38B1AB

#38B1AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1AB
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 171)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -34.04, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 34.68, 191.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.103 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.105 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7003, 35.2225, 44.0170)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1AB #B1383E

analogous

#38B16E #38B1AB #387AB1

triadic

#38B1AB #AB38B1 #B1AB38

tetradic

#38B1AB #6E38B1 #B1383E #7AB138

square

#38B1AB #6E38B1 #B1383E #7AB138

split-complementary

#38B1AB #B1387A #B16E38

monochromatic

#1B5451 #29837E #38B1AB #5BCBC6 #8ADAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B1AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38B1AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1AB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1AB	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c4',
    500: '#38b1ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1ab;
$custom-light: #80c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.025,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6936,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1AB

secondary

#C48184

accent

#4C54DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1AB

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

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