#38B5AC#38B5AC

#38B5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.108 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5AC
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -35.62, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 36.02, 188.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.1067 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.108 188)
XYZ	xyz(25.5977, 36.8641, 44.7881)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5AC #B53841

analogous

#38B56E #38B5AC #3880B5

triadic

#38B5AC #AC38B5 #B5AC38

tetradic

#38B5AC #6E38B5 #B53841 #80B538

square

#38B5AC #6E38B5 #B53841 #80B538

split-complementary

#38B5AC #B53880 #B56E38

monochromatic

#1B5853 #2A8680 #38B5AC #5DCDC5 #8CDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#38B5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5AC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5AC	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)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.108 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccc4',
    500: '#38b5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5ac;
$custom-light: #80ccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.68,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.36867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5AC

secondary

#C68388

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5AC

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

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