#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
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -34.88, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 35.44, 190.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.1052 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.107 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4915, 36.4975, 45.2283)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B4AD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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