#38B8A0#38B8A0

#38B8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8A0
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -40.22, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 40.28, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.1153 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.115 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1134, 37.6569, 39.1959)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8A0 #B83850

analogous

#38B860 #38B8A0 #3890B8

triadic

#38B8A0 #A038B8 #B8A038

tetradic

#38B8A0 #6038B8 #B83850 #90B838

square

#38B8A0 #6038B8 #B83850 #90B838

split-complementary

#38B8A0 #B83890 #B86038

monochromatic

#1B5A4E #2A8977 #38B8A0 #5FCEB9 #8EDDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#38B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A0

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8A0	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)

#B1AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebc',
    500: '#38b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8a0;
$custom-light: #80cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8A0

secondary

#C78591

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A0

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

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