#38B1AF#38B1AF

#38B1AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1AF
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 175)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -32.89, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 34.02, 194.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.1013 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.104 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0874, 35.3773, 46.0555)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1AF #B1383A

analogous

#38B172 #38B1AF #3876B1

triadic

#38B1AF #AF38B1 #B1AF38

tetradic

#38B1AF #7238B1 #B1383A #76B138

square

#38B1AF #7238B1 #B1383A #76B138

split-complementary

#38B1AF #B13876 #B17238

monochromatic

#1B5453 #298381 #38B1AF #5BCBC9 #8ADAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B1AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B1AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1AF

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1AF	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c6',
    500: '#38b1af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1af;
$custom-light: #80c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69497,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1AF

secondary

#C48182

accent

#4C4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1AF

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

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