#38B3A4#38B3A4

#38B3A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.108 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3A4
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -36.91, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 36.97, 183.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.1083 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.108 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4487, 35.7585, 40.7283)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3A4 #B33847

analogous

#38B366 #38B3A4 #3884B3

triadic

#38B3A4 #A438B3 #B3A438

tetradic

#38B3A4 #6638B3 #B33847 #84B338

square

#38B3A4 #6638B3 #B33847 #84B338

split-complementary

#38B3A4 #B33884 #B36638

monochromatic

#1B564F #298479 #38B3A4 #5CCCBE #8BDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#38B3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3A4

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3A4	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)

#AAA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.108 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cabe',
    500: '#38b3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3a4;
$custom-light: #80cabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6963,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3A4

secondary

#C5828A

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3A4

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

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