#38B8A3#38B8A3

#38B8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8A3
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -39.43, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 39.44, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.1139 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.114 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3790, 37.7632, 40.5947)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8A3 #B8384D

analogous

#38B863 #38B8A3 #388DB8

triadic

#38B8A3 #A338B8 #B8A338

tetradic

#38B8A3 #6338B8 #B8384D #8DB838

square

#38B8A3 #6338B8 #B8384D #8DB838

split-complementary

#38B8A3 #B8388D #B86338

monochromatic

#1B5A50 #2A8979 #38B8A3 #5FCEBC #8EDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#38B8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A3

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8A3	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)

#B0ADA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebe',
    500: '#38b8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8a3;
$custom-light: #80cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.156,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70852,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8A3

secondary

#C78590

accent

#4B63DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A3

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

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