#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
RGBrgb(56, 177, 174)
HSLhsl(179, 52%, 46%)
HSVhsv(179, 68%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.01, -33.18, -8.17)
CIE-LCHlch(66.01, 34.17, 193.83°)
OKLaboklab(69.46% -0.1017 -0.0227)
OKLCHoklch(69.46% 0.104 192.6)
XYZxyz(24.9895, 35.3382, 45.5401)
Luminance0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B1AE1.002.608.078.07
#FFFFFF2.601.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0721.001.001.00
##0000008.0721.001.001.00

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

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#38B1AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva