#38B1AC#38B1AC

#38B1AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1AC
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -33.75, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 34.50, 191.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.1026 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.105 191)
XYZ	xyz(24.7960, 35.2607, 44.5209)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1AC #B1383D

analogous

#38B170 #38B1AC #3879B1

triadic

#38B1AC #AC38B1 #B1AC38

tetradic

#38B1AC #7038B1 #B1383D #79B138

square

#38B1AC #7038B1 #B1383D #79B138

split-complementary

#38B1AC #B13879 #B17038

monochromatic

#1B5452 #29837F #38B1AC #5BCBC7 #8ADAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B1AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38B1AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1AC

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1AC	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)

#A7A8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c4',
    500: '#38b1ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1ac;
$custom-light: #80c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69394,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.35264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1AC

secondary

#C48184

accent

#4C52DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1AC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →