#38B4A2#38B4A2

#38B4A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4A2
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 10%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -37.90, -0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 37.91, 181.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.1102 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.11 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4706, 36.0891, 39.8516)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4A2 #B4384A

analogous

#38B464 #38B4A2 #3888B4

triadic

#38B4A2 #A238B4 #B4A238

tetradic

#38B4A2 #6438B4 #B4384A #88B438

square

#38B4A2 #6438B4 #B4384A #88B438

split-complementary

#38B4A2 #B43888 #B46438

monochromatic

#1B574E #298578 #38B4A2 #5DCDBC #8BDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#38B4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4A2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4A2	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbbd',
    500: '#38b4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4a2;
$custom-light: #80cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.29,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69818,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4A2

secondary

#C5828C

accent

#4C61DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4A2

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

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