#38B5AB#38B5AB

#38B5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5AB
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -35.90, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 36.22, 187.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.1071 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.108 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5020, 36.8258, 44.2843)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5AB #B53842

analogous

#38B56D #38B5AB #3881B5

triadic

#38B5AB #AB38B5 #B5AB38

tetradic

#38B5AB #6D38B5 #B53842 #81B538

square

#38B5AB #6D38B5 #B53842 #81B538

split-complementary

#38B5AB #B53881 #B56D38

monochromatic

#1B5853 #2A867F #38B5AB #5DCDC4 #8CDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#38B5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5AB

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5AB	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc3',
    500: '#38b5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5ab;
$custom-light: #80ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5AB

secondary

#C68388

accent

#4C57DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5AB

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

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