#38B7AA#38B7AA

#38B7AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7AA
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -37.09, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 37.25, 185.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.1096 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.11 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8167, 37.6070, 43.9207)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7AA #B73845

analogous

#38B76B #38B7AA #3885B7

triadic

#38B7AA #AA38B7 #B7AA38

tetradic

#38B7AA #6B38B7 #B73845 #85B738

square

#38B7AA #6B38B7 #B73845 #85B738

split-complementary

#38B7AA #B73885 #B76B38

monochromatic

#1B5953 #2A887E #38B7AA #5ECEC2 #8DDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#38B7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7AA

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7AA	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc3',
    500: '#38b7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7aa;
$custom-light: #81cdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.858,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7AA

secondary

#C7848B

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7AA

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

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