#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
RGBrgb(56, 184, 175)
HSLhsl(176, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(176, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.18, -36.17, -5.51)
CIE-LCHlch(68.18, 36.59, 188.66°)
OKLaboklab(71.23% -0.1084 -0.0155)
OKLCHoklch(71.23% 0.109 188.1)
XYZxyz(26.5056, 38.2138, 46.5282)
Luminance0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B8AF1.002.438.648.64
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6421.001.001.00
##0000008.6421.001.001.00

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

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#38B8AF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva