#38B2AD#38B2AD

#38B2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2AD
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -33.94, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 34.70, 191.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.1032 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.105 191)
XYZ	xyz(25.0907, 35.6958, 45.0947)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2AD #B2383D

analogous

#38B270 #38B2AD #387AB2

triadic

#38B2AD #AD38B2 #B2AD38

tetradic

#38B2AD #7038B2 #B2383D #7AB238

square

#38B2AD #7038B2 #B2383D #7AB238

split-complementary

#38B2AD #B2387A #B27038

monochromatic

#1B5553 #298380 #38B2AD #5CCCC7 #8ADAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#38B2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2AD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2AD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c5',
    500: '#38b2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2ad;
$custom-light: #80c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.541,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69676,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.35699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2AD

secondary

#C58184

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2AD

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

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