#38B8A4#38B8A4

#38B8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8A4
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -39.17, 0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 39.17, 179.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.1134 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.113 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4690, 37.7991, 41.0684)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8A4 #B8384C

analogous

#38B864 #38B8A4 #388CB8

triadic

#38B8A4 #A438B8 #B8A438

tetradic

#38B8A4 #6438B8 #B8384C #8CB838

square

#38B8A4 #6438B8 #B8384C #8CB838

split-complementary

#38B8A4 #B8388C #B86438

monochromatic

#1B5A50 #2A897A #38B8A4 #5FCEBD #8EDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#38B8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A4

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8A4	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebe',
    500: '#38b8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8a4;
$custom-light: #80cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8A4

secondary

#C7858F

accent

#4B62DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A4

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

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