#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
RGBrgb(56, 180, 165)
HSLhsl(173, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(173, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 8.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.67, -37.09, -2.21)
CIE-LCHlch(66.67, 37.16, 183.41°)
OKLaboklab(69.91% -0.1088 -0.0066)
OKLCHoklch(69.91% 0.109 183.4)
XYZxyz(24.7405, 36.1970, 41.2729)
Luminance0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B4A51.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

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

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#38B4A5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva