#38B7AC#38B7AC

#38B7AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7AC
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -36.54, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 36.81, 186.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.1087 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.109 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0073, 37.6833, 44.9247)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7AC #B73843

analogous

#38B76D #38B7AC #3883B7

triadic

#38B7AC #AC38B7 #B7AC38

tetradic

#38B7AC #6D38B7 #B73843 #83B738

square

#38B7AC #6D38B7 #B73843 #83B738

split-complementary

#38B7AC #B73883 #B76D38

monochromatic

#1B5954 #2A8880 #38B7AC #5ECEC4 #8DDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#38B7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7AC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7AC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc4',
    500: '#38b7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7ac;
$custom-light: #81cdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.803,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70886,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7AC

secondary

#C7848A

accent

#4B58DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7AC

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

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