#38B8AF#38B8AF

#38B8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8AF
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -36.17, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 36.59, 188.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.1084 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.109 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5056, 38.2138, 46.5282)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8AF #B83841

analogous

#38B86F #38B8AF #3881B8

triadic

#38B8AF #AF38B8 #B8AF38

tetradic

#38B8AF #6F38B8 #B83841 #81B838

square

#38B8AF #6F38B8 #B83841 #81B838

split-complementary

#38B8AF #B83881 #B86F38

monochromatic

#1B5A56 #2A8982 #38B8AF #5FCEC6 #8EDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38B8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8AF

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8AF	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)

#AEAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec6',
    500: '#38b8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8af;
$custom-light: #81cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.781,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8AF

secondary

#C78589

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8AF

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

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