#38B3AA#38B3AA

#38B3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.107 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3AA
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 170)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -35.25, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 35.64, 188.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.1055 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.107 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0033, 35.9804, 43.6496)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3AA #B33841

analogous

#38B36C #38B3AA #387EB3

triadic

#38B3AA #AA38B3 #B3AA38

tetradic

#38B3AA #6C38B3 #B33841 #7EB338

square

#38B3AA #6C38B3 #B33841 #7EB338

split-complementary

#38B3AA #B3387E #B36C38

monochromatic

#1B5651 #29847E #38B3AA #5CCCC4 #8BDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#38B3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3AA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3AA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.107 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac3',
    500: '#38b3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3aa;
$custom-light: #80cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3AA

secondary

#C58287

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3AA

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

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