#38B8A7#38B8A7

#38B8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8A7
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -38.37, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 38.39, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.112 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.112 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7431, 37.9088, 42.5121)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8A7 #B83849

analogous

#38B867 #38B8A7 #3889B8

triadic

#38B8A7 #A738B8 #B8A738

tetradic

#38B8A7 #6738B8 #B83849 #89B838

square

#38B8A7 #6738B8 #B83849 #89B838

split-complementary

#38B8A7 #B83889 #B86738

monochromatic

#1B5A52 #2A897C #38B8A7 #5FCEBF #8EDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#38B8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A7

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8A7	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec1',
    500: '#38b8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8a7;
$custom-light: #80cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.031,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70975,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8A7

secondary

#C7858D

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A7

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

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