#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
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -34.59, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 35.26, 191.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.1048 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.106 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5886, 36.5363, 45.7398)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B4AE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B4AE

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

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