#38B3A7#38B3A7

#38B3A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3A7
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 167)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -36.08, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 36.27, 185.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.1069 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.107 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7228, 35.8681, 42.1720)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3A7 #B33844

analogous

#38B369 #38B3A7 #3881B3

triadic

#38B3A7 #A738B3 #B3A738

tetradic

#38B3A7 #6938B3 #B33844 #81B338

square

#38B3A7 #6938B3 #B33844 #81B338

split-complementary

#38B3A7 #B33881 #B36938

monochromatic

#1B5650 #29847C #38B3A7 #5CCCC1 #8BDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B3A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38B3A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3A7

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3A7	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)

#AAA9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac1',
    500: '#38b3a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3a7;
$custom-light: #80cac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69726,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3A7

secondary

#C58288

accent

#4C5ADC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3A7

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

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