#38B8AB#38B8AB

#38B8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8AB
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -37.28, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 37.44, 185.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.1102 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.111 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1186, 38.0590, 44.4898)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8AB #B83845

analogous

#38B86B #38B8AB #3885B8

triadic

#38B8AB #AB38B8 #B8AB38

tetradic

#38B8AB #6B38B8 #B83845 #85B838

square

#38B8AB #6B38B8 #B83845 #85B838

split-complementary

#38B8AB #B83885 #B86B38

monochromatic

#1B5A54 #2A897F #38B8AB #5FCEC3 #8EDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#38B8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8AB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8AB	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec3',
    500: '#38b8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8ab;
$custom-light: #81cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.906,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8AB

secondary

#C7858B

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8AB

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

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