#38B8A8#38B8A8

#38B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8A8
RGBrgb(56, 184, 168)
HSLhsl(173, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(173, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.98, -38.10, -1.94)
CIE-LCHlch(67.98, 38.14, 182.92°)
OKLaboklab(71.01% -0.1116 -0.0058)
OKLCHoklch(71.01% 0.112 183)
XYZxyz(25.8359, 37.9459, 43.0009)
Luminance0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8A8 #B83848
analogous
#38B868 #38B8A8 #3888B8
triadic
#38B8A8 #A838B8 #B8A838
tetradic
#38B8A8 #6838B8 #B83848 #88B838
square
#38B8A8 #6838B8 #B83848 #88B838
split-complementary
#38B8A8 #B83888 #B86838
monochromatic
#1B5A52 #2A897D #38B8A8 #5FCEC0 #8EDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#38B8A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59
#38B8A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8A8
8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8A81.002.448.598.59
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5921.001.001.00
##0000008.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFADA7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA0AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 183.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec1',
    500: '#38b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8a8;
$custom-light: #81cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71007,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.37949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8A8
secondary
#C7858D
accent
#4B5DDD
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8A8

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#38B8A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva