#38B4AA#38B4AA

#38B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4AA
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -35.71, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 36.03, 187.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.1066 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.107 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2045, 36.3827, 43.7166)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4AA #B43842

analogous

#38B46C #38B4AA #3880B4

triadic

#38B4AA #AA38B4 #B4AA38

tetradic

#38B4AA #6C38B4 #B43842 #80B438

square

#38B4AA #6C38B4 #B43842 #80B438

split-complementary

#38B4AA #B43880 #B46C38

monochromatic

#1B5752 #29857E #38B4AA #5DCDC3 #8BDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4AA

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4AA	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc3',
    500: '#38b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4aa;
$custom-light: #80cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.161,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4AA

secondary

#C58288

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4AA

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

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