#38B7AE#38B7AE

#38B7AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7AE
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 4.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -35.99, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 36.40, 188.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.1078 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.109 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2008, 37.7607, 45.9439)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7AE #B73841

analogous

#38B76F #38B7AE #3881B7

triadic

#38B7AE #AE38B7 #B7AE38

tetradic

#38B7AE #6F38B7 #B73841 #81B738

square

#38B7AE #6F38B7 #B73841 #81B738

split-complementary

#38B7AE #B73881 #B76F38

monochromatic

#1B5955 #2A8881 #38B7AE #5ECEC6 #8DDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#38B7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7AE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7AE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc6',
    500: '#38b7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7ae;
$custom-light: #81cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7AE

secondary

#C78489

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7AE

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

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