#38B2AB#38B2AB

#38B2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.105 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2AB
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 171)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -34.50, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 35.05, 190.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.1041 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.105 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8986, 35.6190, 44.0831)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2AB #B2383F

analogous

#38B26E #38B2AB #387CB2

triadic

#38B2AB #AB38B2 #B2AB38

tetradic

#38B2AB #6E38B2 #B2383F #7CB238

square

#38B2AB #6E38B2 #B2383F #7CB238

split-complementary

#38B2AB #B2387C #B26E38

monochromatic

#1B5552 #29837E #38B2AB #5CCCC5 #8ADAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38B2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2AB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2AB	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	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)

#A8A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.105 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c3',
    500: '#38b2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2ab;
$custom-light: #80c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69609,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2AB

secondary

#C58185

accent

#4C54DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2AB

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

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