#38B4A3#38B4A3

#38B4A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4A3
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 163)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 9.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -37.63, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 37.65, 181.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.1098 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.11 182)
XYZ	xyz(24.5598, 36.1248, 40.3216)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4A3 #B43849

analogous

#38B465 #38B4A3 #3887B4

triadic

#38B4A3 #A338B4 #B4A338

tetradic

#38B4A3 #6538B4 #B43849 #87B438

square

#38B4A3 #6538B4 #B43849 #87B438

split-complementary

#38B4A3 #B43887 #B46538

monochromatic

#1B574E #298579 #38B4A3 #5DCDBD #8BDBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B4A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#38B4A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4A3

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4A3	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbbe',
    500: '#38b4a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4a3;
$custom-light: #80cbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69849,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.36128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4A3

secondary

#C5828C

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4A3

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

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