#38B4A5#38B4A5

#38B4A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.109 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4A5
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -37.09, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 37.16, 183.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.1088 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.109 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7405, 36.1970, 41.2729)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4A5 #B43847

analogous

#38B467 #38B4A5 #3885B4

triadic

#38B4A5 #A538B4 #B4A538

tetradic

#38B4A5 #6738B4 #B43847 #85B438

square

#38B4A5 #6738B4 #B43847 #85B438

split-complementary

#38B4A5 #B43885 #B46738

monochromatic

#1B574F #29857A #38B4A5 #5DCDBF #8BDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B4A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B4A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4A5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4A5	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)

#ABAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.109 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbbf',
    500: '#38b4a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4a5;
$custom-light: #80cbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.742,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69912,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4A5

secondary

#C5828B

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4A5

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

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