#38B2A2#38B2A2

#38B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.108 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2A2
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -36.99, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 37.02, 182.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.1082 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.108 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0698, 35.2874, 39.7180)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2A2 #B23848

analogous

#38B265 #38B2A2 #3885B2

triadic

#38B2A2 #A238B2 #B2A238

tetradic

#38B2A2 #6538B2 #B23848 #85B238

square

#38B2A2 #6538B2 #B23848 #85B238

split-complementary

#38B2A2 #B23885 #B26538

monochromatic

#1B554D #298378 #38B2A2 #5CCCBD #8ADAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#38B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2A2

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2A2	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.108 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9bd',
    500: '#38b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2a2;
$custom-light: #7fc9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.131,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69316,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2A2

secondary

#C5818A

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2A2

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

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