#38B2A8#38B2A8

#38B2A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.106 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2A8
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 168)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -35.34, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 35.65, 187.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.1054 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.106 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6159, 35.5059, 42.5942)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2A8 #B23842

analogous

#38B26B #38B2A8 #387FB2

triadic

#38B2A8 #A838B2 #B2A838

tetradic

#38B2A8 #6B38B2 #B23842 #7FB238

square

#38B2A8 #6B38B2 #B23842 #7FB238

split-complementary

#38B2A8 #B2387F #B26B38

monochromatic

#1B5550 #29837C #38B2A8 #5CCCC2 #8ADAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38B2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2A8

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2A8	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.106 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c1',
    500: '#38b2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2a8;
$custom-light: #80c9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69509,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2A8

secondary

#C58187

accent

#4C58DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2A8

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

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