#38B8AA#38B8AA

#38B8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8AA
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -37.55, -2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 37.67, 184.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.1107 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.111 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0236, 38.0210, 43.9897)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8AA #B83846

analogous

#38B86A #38B8AA #3886B8

triadic

#38B8AA #AA38B8 #B8AA38

tetradic

#38B8AA #6A38B8 #B83846 #86B838

square

#38B8AA #6A38B8 #B83846 #86B838

split-complementary

#38B8AA #B83886 #B86A38

monochromatic

#1B5A53 #2A897F #38B8AA #5FCEC2 #8EDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#38B8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8AA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8AA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec3',
    500: '#38b8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8aa;
$custom-light: #81cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.438,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7107,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8AA

secondary

#C7858C

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8AA

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

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