#38B2AF#38B2AF

#38B2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2AF
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 175)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -33.37, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 34.37, 193.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.1023 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.105 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2856, 35.7738, 46.1215)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2AF #B2383B

analogous

#38B272 #38B2AF #3878B2

triadic

#38B2AF #AF38B2 #B2AF38

tetradic

#38B2AF #7238B2 #B2383B #78B238

square

#38B2AF #7238B2 #B2383B #78B238

split-complementary

#38B2AF #B23878 #B27238

monochromatic

#1B5553 #298381 #38B2AF #5CCCC9 #8ADAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2AF

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2AF	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c9c6',
    500: '#38b2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2af;
$custom-light: #80c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.525,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69745,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2AF

secondary

#C58183

accent

#4C50DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2AF

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

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