#38B2A1#38B2A1

#38B2A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.109 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2A1
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 161)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -37.26, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 37.28, 181.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.1086 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.109 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9812, 35.2520, 39.2518)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2A1 #B23849

analogous

#38B264 #38B2A1 #3886B2

triadic

#38B2A1 #A138B2 #B2A138

tetradic

#38B2A1 #6438B2 #B23849 #86B238

square

#38B2A1 #6438B2 #B23849 #86B238

split-complementary

#38B2A1 #B23886 #B26438

monochromatic

#1B554D #298377 #38B2A1 #5CCCBC #8ADACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B2A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38B2A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2A1

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2A1	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)

#AAA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.109 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9bc',
    500: '#38b2a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2a1;
$custom-light: #7fc9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.639,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69284,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2A1

secondary

#C5818B

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2A1

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

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