#38B4AE#38B4AE

#38B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B4AE
RGBrgb(56, 180, 174)
HSLhsl(177, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(177, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.93, -34.59, -6.81)
CIE-LCHlch(66.93, 35.26, 191.13°)
OKLaboklab(70.21% -0.1048 -0.019)
OKLCHoklch(70.21% 0.106 190.3)
XYZxyz(25.5886, 36.5363, 45.7398)
Luminance0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B4AE #B4383E
analogous
#38B470 #38B4AE #387CB4
triadic
#38B4AE #AE38B4 #B4AE38
tetradic
#38B4AE #7038B4 #B4383E #7CB438
square
#38B4AE #7038B4 #B4383E #7CB438
split-complementary
#38B4AE #B4387C #B47038
monochromatic
#1B5754 #298581 #38B4AE #5DCDC7 #8BDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#38B4AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31
#38B4AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4AE
8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B4AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B4AE1.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAABAE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#979DAF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 190.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbc6',
    500: '#38b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b4ae;
$custom-light: #80cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70207,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B4AE
secondary
#C58286
accent
#4C53DC
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F8
border
#CBD1D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B4AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva