#38B9AB#38B9AB

#38B9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.112 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9AB
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -37.73, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 37.85, 184.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1112 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.112 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3271, 38.4759, 44.5593)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9AB #B93846

analogous

#38B96A #38B9AB #3887B9

triadic

#38B9AB #AB38B9 #B9AB38

tetradic

#38B9AB #6A38B9 #B93846 #87B938

square

#38B9AB #6A38B9 #B93846 #87B938

split-complementary

#38B9AB #B93887 #B96A38

monochromatic

#1C5B54 #2A8A80 #38B9AB #5FCFC3 #8EDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#38B9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9AB

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9AB	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.112 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec3',
    500: '#38b9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9ab;
$custom-light: #81cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.488,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9AB

secondary

#C8858C

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9AB

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

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