#38B2AE#38B2AE

#38B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2AE
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -33.65, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 34.53, 192.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.1027 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.105 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1878, 35.7346, 45.6062)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2AE #B2383C

analogous

#38B271 #38B2AE #3879B2

triadic

#38B2AE #AE38B2 #B2AE38

tetradic

#38B2AE #7138B2 #B2383C #79B238

square

#38B2AE #7138B2 #B2383C #79B238

split-complementary

#38B2AE #B23879 #B27138

monochromatic

#1B5553 #298380 #38B2AE #5CCCC8 #8ADAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#38B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2AE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2AE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c6',
    500: '#38b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2ae;
$custom-light: #80c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.033,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69711,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2AE

secondary

#C58183

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2AE

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

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