#38B3A3#38B3A3

#38B3A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.109 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3A3
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 163)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -37.18, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 37.21, 182.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.1087 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.109 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3587, 35.7225, 40.2546)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3A3 #B33848

analogous

#38B365 #38B3A3 #3885B3

triadic

#38B3A3 #A338B3 #B3A338

tetradic

#38B3A3 #6538B3 #B33848 #85B338

square

#38B3A3 #6538B3 #B33848 #85B338

split-complementary

#38B3A3 #B33885 #B36538

monochromatic

#1B564E #298479 #38B3A3 #5CCCBD #8BDBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B3A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#38B3A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3A3

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3A3	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)

#ABA9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.109 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcabe',
    500: '#38b3a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3a3;
$custom-light: #7fcabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69598,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3A3

secondary

#C5828B

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3A3

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

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