#38B8AE#38B8AE

#38B8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8AE
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -36.45, -5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 36.79, 187.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.1088 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.11 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4078, 38.1747, 46.0129)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8AE #B83842

analogous

#38B86E #38B8AE #3882B8

triadic

#38B8AE #AE38B8 #B8AE38

tetradic

#38B8AE #6E38B8 #B83842 #82B838

square

#38B8AE #6E38B8 #B83842 #82B838

split-complementary

#38B8AE #B83882 #B86E38

monochromatic

#1B5A55 #2A8982 #38B8AE #5FCEC6 #8EDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8AE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8AE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec6',
    500: '#38b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8ae;
$custom-light: #81cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.313,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8AE

secondary

#C7858A

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8AE

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

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