#38B4A8#38B4A8

#38B4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4A8
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -36.27, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 36.46, 185.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.1075 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.108 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0167, 36.3076, 42.7278)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4A8 #B43844

analogous

#38B46A #38B4A8 #3882B4

triadic

#38B4A8 #A838B4 #B4A838

tetradic

#38B4A8 #6A38B4 #B43844 #82B438

square

#38B4A8 #6A38B4 #B43844 #82B438

split-complementary

#38B4A8 #B43882 #B46A38

monochromatic

#1B5751 #29857C #38B4A8 #5DCDC2 #8BDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#38B4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4A8

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4A8	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc1',
    500: '#38b4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4a8;
$custom-light: #80cbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.194,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70008,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4A8

secondary

#C58289

accent

#4C5ADC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4A8

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

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