#38B4A4#38B4A4

#38B4A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.109 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B4A4
RGBrgb(56, 180, 164)
HSLhsl(172, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(172, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.64, -37.36, -1.70)
CIE-LCHlch(66.64, 37.40, 182.60°)
OKLaboklab(69.88% -0.1093 -0.0052)
OKLCHoklch(69.88% 0.109 182.7)
XYZxyz(24.6498, 36.1608, 40.7954)
Luminance0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B4A4 #B43848
analogous
#38B466 #38B4A4 #3886B4
triadic
#38B4A4 #A438B4 #B4A438
tetradic
#38B4A4 #6638B4 #B43848 #86B438
square
#38B4A4 #6638B4 #B43848 #86B438
split-complementary
#38B4A4 #B43886 #B46638
monochromatic
#1B574F #298579 #38B4A4 #5DCDBE #8BDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55
#38B4A4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23
#38B4A4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4A4
8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B4A4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B4A41.002.558.238.23
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2321.001.001.00
##0000008.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACAAA3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A9DA6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.109 182.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbbe',
    500: '#38b4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b4a4;
$custom-light: #80cbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6988,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B4A4
secondary
#C5828B
accent
#4C5EDC
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F8F6
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0B1312
muted
#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4A4

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#38B4A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva