#38B3A6#38B3A6

#38B3A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.108 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3A6
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 166)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -36.36, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 36.50, 184.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.1074 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.108 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6307, 35.8313, 41.6870)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3A6 #B33845

analogous

#38B369 #38B3A6 #3882B3

triadic

#38B3A6 #A638B3 #B3A638

tetradic

#38B3A6 #6938B3 #B33845 #82B338

square

#38B3A6 #6938B3 #B33845 #82B338

split-complementary

#38B3A6 #B33882 #B36938

monochromatic

#1B5650 #29847B #38B3A6 #5CCCC0 #8BDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B3A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38B3A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3A6

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3A6	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.108 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac0',
    500: '#38b3a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3a6;
$custom-light: #80cac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.659,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69694,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3A6

secondary

#C58289

accent

#4C5BDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3A6

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

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