#38B4A6#38B4A6

#38B4A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.109 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4A6
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 166)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 7.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -36.82, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 36.92, 184.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.1084 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.109 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8318, 36.2336, 41.7541)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4A6 #B43846

analogous

#38B468 #38B4A6 #3884B4

triadic

#38B4A6 #A638B4 #B4A638

tetradic

#38B4A6 #6838B4 #B43846 #84B438

square

#38B4A6 #6838B4 #B43846 #84B438

split-complementary

#38B4A6 #B43884 #B46838

monochromatic

#1B5750 #29857B #38B4A6 #5DCDC0 #8BDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#38B4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4A6

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4A6	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.109 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc0',
    500: '#38b4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4a6;
$custom-light: #80cbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.226,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69944,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4A6

secondary

#C5828A

accent

#4C5CDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4A6

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

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