#38B2A4#38B2A4

#38B2A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.108 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2A4
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -36.45, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 36.54, 184.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.1072 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.108 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2490, 35.3591, 40.6618)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2A4 #B23846

analogous

#38B267 #38B2A4 #3883B2

triadic

#38B2A4 #A438B2 #B2A438

tetradic

#38B2A4 #6738B2 #B23846 #83B238

square

#38B2A4 #6738B2 #B23846 #83B238

split-complementary

#38B2A4 #B23883 #B26738

monochromatic

#1B554E #298379 #38B2A4 #5CCCBF #8ADAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#38B2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2A4

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2A4	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.108 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9be',
    500: '#38b2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2a4;
$custom-light: #7fc9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69379,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2A4

secondary

#C58189

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2A4

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

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