#38B7AB#38B7AB

#38B7AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7AB
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -36.82, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 37.03, 186.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.1092 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.11 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9116, 37.6450, 44.4208)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7AB #B73844

analogous

#38B76C #38B7AB #3884B7

triadic

#38B7AB #AB38B7 #B7AB38

tetradic

#38B7AB #6C38B7 #B73844 #84B738

square

#38B7AB #6C38B7 #B73844 #84B738

split-complementary

#38B7AB #B73884 #B76C38

monochromatic

#1B5953 #2A887F #38B7AB #5ECEC3 #8DDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#38B7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7AB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7AB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc3',
    500: '#38b7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7ab;
$custom-light: #81cdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.331,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7AB

secondary

#C7848A

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7AB

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

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