#38B2AA#38B2AA

#38B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.106 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2AA
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -34.79, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 35.25, 189.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.1045 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.106 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8036, 35.5810, 43.5830)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2AA #B23840

analogous

#38B26D #38B2AA #387DB2

triadic

#38B2AA #AA38B2 #B2AA38

tetradic

#38B2AA #6D38B2 #B23840 #7DB238

square

#38B2AA #6D38B2 #B23840 #7DB238

split-complementary

#38B2AA #B2387D #B26D38

monochromatic

#1B5551 #29837E #38B2AA #5CCCC4 #8ADAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2AA

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2AA	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.106 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c3',
    500: '#38b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2aa;
$custom-light: #80c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2AA

secondary

#C58186

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2AA

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

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