#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
RGBrgb(56, 180, 168)
HSLhsl(174, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(174, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.75, -36.27, -3.74)
CIE-LCHlch(66.75, 36.46, 185.89°)
OKLaboklab(70.01% -0.1075 -0.0107)
OKLCHoklch(70.01% 0.108 185.7)
XYZxyz(25.0167, 36.3076, 42.7278)
Luminance0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B4A81.002.548.268.26
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2621.001.001.00
##0000008.2621.001.001.00

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

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#38B4A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva