#38B3A5#38B3A5

#38B3A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.108 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3A5
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -36.63, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 36.73, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.1078 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.108 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5393, 35.7948, 41.2058)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3A5 #B33846

analogous

#38B367 #38B3A5 #3883B3

triadic

#38B3A5 #A538B3 #B3A538

tetradic

#38B3A5 #6738B3 #B33846 #83B338

square

#38B3A5 #6738B3 #B33846 #83B338

split-complementary

#38B3A5 #B33883 #B36738

monochromatic

#1B564F #29847A #38B3A5 #5CCCBF #8BDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B3A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#38B3A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3A5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3A5	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)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.108 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cabf',
    500: '#38b3a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3a5;
$custom-light: #80cabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.171,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69662,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3A5

secondary

#C58289

accent

#4C5CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3A5

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

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