#38B5AA#38B5AA

#38B5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5AA
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -36.18, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 36.43, 186.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.1076 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.108 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4071, 36.7879, 43.7842)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5AA #B53843

analogous

#38B56C #38B5AA #3882B5

triadic

#38B5AA #AA38B5 #B5AA38

tetradic

#38B5AA #6C38B5 #B53843 #82B538

square

#38B5AA #6C38B5 #B53843 #82B538

split-complementary

#38B5AA #B53882 #B56C38

monochromatic

#1B5852 #2A867E #38B5AA #5DCDC3 #8CDBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#38B5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5AA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5AA	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc3',
    500: '#38b5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5aa;
$custom-light: #80ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5AA

secondary

#C68389

accent

#4C58DC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5AA

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

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