#38B8A5#38B8A5

#38B8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8A5
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -38.90, -0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 38.90, 180.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.113 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.113 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5596, 37.8354, 41.5459)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8A5 #B8384B

analogous

#38B865 #38B8A5 #388BB8

triadic

#38B8A5 #A538B8 #B8A538

tetradic

#38B8A5 #6538B8 #B8384B #8BB838

square

#38B8A5 #6538B8 #B8384B #8BB838

split-complementary

#38B8A5 #B8388B #B86538

monochromatic

#1B5A51 #2A897B #38B8A5 #5FCEBE #8EDDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#38B8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A5

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8A5	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ADA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cebf',
    500: '#38b8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8a5;
$custom-light: #80cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.094,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70913,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8A5

secondary

#C7858F

accent

#4B61DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A5

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

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