#38B4AD#38B4AD

#38B4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.107 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B4AD
RGBrgb(56, 180, 173)
HSLhsl(177, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(177, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.90, -34.88, -6.30)
CIE-LCHlch(66.90, 35.44, 190.24°)
OKLaboklab(70.17% -0.1052 -0.0176)
OKLCHoklch(70.17% 0.107 189.5)
XYZxyz(25.4915, 36.4975, 45.2283)
Luminance0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B4AD #B4383F
analogous
#38B46F #38B4AD #387DB4
triadic
#38B4AD #AD38B4 #B4AD38
tetradic
#38B4AD #6F38B4 #B4383F #7DB438
square
#38B4AD #6F38B4 #B4383F #7DB438
split-complementary
#38B4AD #B4387D #B46F38
monochromatic
#1B5753 #298580 #38B4AD #5DCDC6 #8BDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#38B4AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30
#38B4AD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4AD
8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B4AD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B4AD1.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAABAD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#989DAE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.107 189.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc5',
    500: '#38b4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b4ad;
$custom-light: #80cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.613,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70173,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B4AD
secondary
#C58286
accent
#4C54DC
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F8
border
#CBD1D1
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4AD

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#38B4AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva