#38B5AE#38B5AE

#38B5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5AE
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -35.06, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 35.63, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.1058 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.107 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7912, 36.9415, 45.8073)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5AE #B5383F

analogous

#38B570 #38B5AE #387EB5

triadic

#38B5AE #AE38B5 #B5AE38

tetradic

#38B5AE #7038B5 #B5383F #7EB538

square

#38B5AE #7038B5 #B5383F #7EB538

split-complementary

#38B5AE #B5387E #B57038

monochromatic

#1B5854 #2A8681 #38B5AE #5DCDC7 #8CDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#38B5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5AE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5AE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbc6',
    500: '#38b5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5ae;
$custom-light: #81cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.64,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5AE

secondary

#C68387

accent

#4C54DC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5AE

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

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