#38B4AB#38B4AB

#38B4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4AB
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -35.44, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 35.83, 188.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1061 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.107 188)
XYZ	xyz(25.2994, 36.4206, 44.2167)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4AB #B43841

analogous

#38B46D #38B4AB #387FB4

triadic

#38B4AB #AB38B4 #B4AB38

tetradic

#38B4AB #6D38B4 #B43841 #7FB438

square

#38B4AB #6D38B4 #B43841 #7FB438

split-complementary

#38B4AB #B4387F #B46D38

monochromatic

#1B5752 #29857F #38B4AB #5DCDC4 #8BDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38B4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4AB

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4AB	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	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)

#AAAAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc3',
    500: '#38b4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4ab;
$custom-light: #80cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.645,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70106,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.36424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4AB

secondary

#C58287

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4AB

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

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