#38B9AE#38B9AE

#38B9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9AE
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -36.91, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 37.19, 187.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1099 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.111 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6162, 38.5916, 46.0824)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9AE #B93843

analogous

#38B96E #38B9AE #3883B9

triadic

#38B9AE #AE38B9 #B9AE38

tetradic

#38B9AE #6E38B9 #B93843 #83B938

square

#38B9AE #6E38B9 #B93843 #83B938

split-complementary

#38B9AE #B93883 #B96E38

monochromatic

#1C5B56 #2A8A82 #38B9AE #5FCFC5 #8EDDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38B9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9AE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9AE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec6',
    500: '#38b9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9ae;
$custom-light: #81cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.884,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71448,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9AE

secondary

#C8858B

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9AE

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

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