#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -38.10, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 38.14, 182.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.1116 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.112 183)
XYZ	xyz(25.8359, 37.9459, 43.0009)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8A8	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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