#38B3AF#38B3AF

#38B3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3AF
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -33.84, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 34.72, 192.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.1033 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.106 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4853, 36.1732, 46.1881)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3AF #B3383C

analogous

#38B371 #38B3AF #3879B3

triadic

#38B3AF #AF38B3 #B3AF38

tetradic

#38B3AF #7138B3 #B3383C #79B338

square

#38B3AF #7138B3 #B3383C #79B338

split-complementary

#38B3AF #B33879 #B37138

monochromatic

#1B5654 #298481 #38B3AF #5CCCC8 #8BDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3AF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3AF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cac6',
    500: '#38b3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3af;
$custom-light: #80cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.049,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69993,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3AF

secondary

#C58284

accent

#4C51DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3AF

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

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