#38B7A2#38B7A2

#38B7A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7A2
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 11.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -39.25, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 39.26, 179.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.1133 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.113 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0828, 37.3135, 40.0557)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7A2 #B7384D

analogous

#38B763 #38B7A2 #388DB7

triadic

#38B7A2 #A238B7 #B7A238

tetradic

#38B7A2 #6338B7 #B7384D #8DB738

square

#38B7A2 #6338B7 #B7384D #8DB738

split-complementary

#38B7A2 #B7388D #B76338

monochromatic

#1B594F #2A8879 #38B7A2 #5ECEBB #8DDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B7A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B7A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7A2

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7A2	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdbd',
    500: '#38b7a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7a2;
$custom-light: #80cdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.079,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7057,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7A2

secondary

#C7848F

accent

#4B63DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7A2

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

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