#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
RGBrgb(56, 181, 162)
HSLhsl(171, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(171, 69%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(69.1%, 0%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.90, -38.35, -0.22)
CIE-LCHlch(66.90, 38.35, 180.33°)
OKLaboklab(70.07% -0.1113 -0.0012)
OKLCHoklch(70.07% 0.111 180.6)
XYZxyz(24.6732, 36.4943, 39.9192)
Luminance0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B5A21.002.538.308.30
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3021.001.001.00
##0000008.3021.001.001.00

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

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#38B5A2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva