#38B4AC#38B4AC

#38B4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B4AC
RGBrgb(56, 180, 172)
HSLhsl(176, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(176, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.87, -35.16, -5.79)
CIE-LCHlch(66.87, 35.63, 189.35°)
OKLaboklab(70.14% -0.1057 -0.0162)
OKLCHoklch(70.14% 0.107 188.7)
XYZxyz(25.3951, 36.4589, 44.7206)
Luminance0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B4AC #B43840
analogous
#38B46E #38B4AC #387EB4
triadic
#38B4AC #AC38B4 #B4AC38
tetradic
#38B4AC #6E38B4 #B43840 #7EB438
square
#38B4AC #6E38B4 #B43840 #7EB438
split-complementary
#38B4AC #B4387E #B46E38
monochromatic
#1B5753 #29857F #38B4AC #5DCDC5 #8BDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#38B4AC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29
#38B4AC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4AC
8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B4AC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B4AC1.002.538.298.29
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2921.001.001.00
##0000008.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAAAAC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#989DAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 188.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc4',
    500: '#38b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b4ac;
$custom-light: #80cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7014,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B4AC
secondary
#C58287
accent
#4C55DC
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F8
border
#CBD1D1
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

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#38B4AC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva