#38B1AE#38B1AE

#38B1AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1AE
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -33.18, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 34.17, 193.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.1017 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.104 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9895, 35.3382, 45.5401)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1AE #B1383B

analogous

#38B171 #38B1AE #3878B1

triadic

#38B1AE #AE38B1 #B1AE38

tetradic

#38B1AE #7138B1 #B1383B #78B138

square

#38B1AE #7138B1 #B1383B #78B138

split-complementary

#38B1AE #B13878 #B17138

monochromatic

#1B5453 #298380 #38B1AE #5BCBC8 #8ADAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#38B1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1AE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1AE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c6',
    500: '#38b1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1ae;
$custom-light: #80c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69463,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1AE

secondary

#C48182

accent

#4C50DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1AE

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

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