#38B6A5#38B6A5

#38B6A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.111 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6A5
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 9.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -38.00, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 38.02, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.1109 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.111 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1471, 37.0104, 41.4084)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6A5 #B63849

analogous

#38B666 #38B6A5 #3888B6

triadic

#38B6A5 #A538B6 #B6A538

tetradic

#38B6A5 #6638B6 #B63849 #88B638

square

#38B6A5 #6638B6 #B63849 #88B638

split-complementary

#38B6A5 #B63888 #B66638

monochromatic

#1B5850 #2A877B #38B6A5 #5ECDBE #8DDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B6A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B6A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6A5

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6A5	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.111 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ccbf',
    500: '#38b6a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6a5;
$custom-light: #80ccbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70412,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6A5

secondary

#C6848D

accent

#4B5FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6A5

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

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