#38B5A2#38B5A2

#38B5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5A2
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -38.35, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 38.35, 180.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.1113 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.111 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6732, 36.4943, 39.9192)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5A2 #B5384B

analogous

#38B564 #38B5A2 #388AB5

triadic

#38B5A2 #A238B5 #B5A238

tetradic

#38B5A2 #6438B5 #B5384B #8AB538

square

#38B5A2 #6438B5 #B5384B #8AB538

split-complementary

#38B5A2 #B5388A #B56438

monochromatic

#1B584E #2A8678 #38B5A2 #5DCDBC #8CDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#38B5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5A2

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5A2	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)

#ADAAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccbd',
    500: '#38b5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5a2;
$custom-light: #80ccbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.88,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70069,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5A2

secondary

#C6838D

accent

#4C62DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5A2

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

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