#38B4AF#38B4AF

#38B4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4AF
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -34.31, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 35.08, 192.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.1043 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.106 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6865, 36.5754, 46.2551)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4AF #B4383D

analogous

#38B471 #38B4AF #387BB4

triadic

#38B4AF #AF38B4 #B4AF38

tetradic

#38B4AF #7138B4 #B4383D #7BB438

square

#38B4AF #7138B4 #B4383D #7BB438

split-complementary

#38B4AF #B4387B #B47138

monochromatic

#1B5754 #298582 #38B4AF #5DCDC8 #8BDBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#38B4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4AF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4AF	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbc6',
    500: '#38b4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4af;
$custom-light: #81cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.581,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70241,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4AF

secondary

#C58285

accent

#4C52DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4AF

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

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