#38B2A5#38B2A5

#38B2A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.107 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2A5
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 165)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -36.17, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 36.31, 184.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.1068 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.107 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3396, 35.3954, 41.1392)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2A5 #B23845

analogous

#38B268 #38B2A5 #3882B2

triadic

#38B2A5 #A538B2 #B2A538

tetradic

#38B2A5 #6838B2 #B23845 #82B238

square

#38B2A5 #6838B2 #B23845 #82B238

split-complementary

#38B2A5 #B23882 #B26838

monochromatic

#1B554F #29837A #38B2A5 #5CCCC0 #8ADAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38B2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2A5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2A5	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)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.107 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc9bf',
    500: '#38b2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2a5;
$custom-light: #7fc9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69411,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2A5

secondary

#C58188

accent

#4C5BDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2A5

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

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