#38B8A2#38B8A2

#38B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.114 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8A2
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -39.70, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 39.71, 178.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.1143 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.114 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2898, 37.7275, 40.1247)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8A2 #B8384E

analogous

#38B862 #38B8A2 #388EB8

triadic

#38B8A2 #A238B8 #B8A238

tetradic

#38B8A2 #6238B8 #B8384E #8EB838

square

#38B8A2 #6238B8 #B8384E #8EB838

split-complementary

#38B8A2 #B8388E #B86238

monochromatic

#1B5A4F #2A8979 #38B8A2 #5FCEBB #8EDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#38B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A2

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8A2	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)

#B0ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.114 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebd',
    500: '#38b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8a2;
$custom-light: #80cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.688,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8A2

secondary

#C78590

accent

#4B64DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A2

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

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