#38B3A2#38B3A2

#38B3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3A2
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 162)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -37.45, -1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 37.46, 181.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.1092 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.109 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2695, 35.6868, 39.7846)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3A2 #B33849

analogous

#38B364 #38B3A2 #3886B3

triadic

#38B3A2 #A238B3 #B3A238

tetradic

#38B3A2 #6438B3 #B33849 #86B338

square

#38B3A2 #6438B3 #B33849 #86B338

split-complementary

#38B3A2 #B33886 #B36438

monochromatic

#1B564E #298478 #38B3A2 #5CCCBD #8BDBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#38B3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3A2

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3A2	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)

#ABA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcabd',
    500: '#38b3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3a2;
$custom-light: #7fcabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.707,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69567,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3A2

secondary

#C5828B

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3A2

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

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