#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
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -37.36, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 37.40, 182.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.1093 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.109 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6498, 36.1608, 40.7954)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B4A4	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)

#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

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

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