#38B7AD#38B7AD

#38B7AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7AD
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 173)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -36.27, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 36.60, 187.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.1083 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.109 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1037, 37.7218, 45.4324)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7AD #B73842

analogous

#38B76E #38B7AD #3881B7

triadic

#38B7AD #AD38B7 #B7AD38

tetradic

#38B7AD #6E38B7 #B73842 #81B738

square

#38B7AD #6E38B7 #B73842 #81B738

split-complementary

#38B7AD #B73881 #B76E38

monochromatic

#1B5954 #2A8881 #38B7AD #5ECEC5 #8DDCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#38B7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7AD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7AD	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)

#ADADAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc5',
    500: '#38b7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7ad;
$custom-light: #81cdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.276,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70918,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7AD

secondary

#C78489

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7AD

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

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