#38B2A0#38B2A0

#38B2A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2A0
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 160)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -37.53, -0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 37.53, 180.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.1091 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.109 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8934, 35.2169, 38.7892)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2A0 #B2384A

analogous

#38B263 #38B2A0 #3887B2

triadic

#38B2A0 #A038B2 #B2A038

tetradic

#38B2A0 #6338B2 #B2384A #87B238

square

#38B2A0 #6338B2 #B2384A #87B238

split-complementary

#38B2A0 #B23887 #B26338

monochromatic

#1B554C #298376 #38B2A0 #5CCCBB #8ADACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B2A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#38B2A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2A0

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2A0	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9bc',
    500: '#38b2a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2a0;
$custom-light: #7fc9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.148,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69253,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2A0

secondary

#C5818B

accent

#4C61DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2A0

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

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