#38B9AF#38B9AF

#38B9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9AF
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -36.63, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 36.98, 187.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1094 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.11 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7141, 38.6307, 46.5977)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9AF #B93842

analogous

#38B96F #38B9AF #3882B9

triadic

#38B9AF #AF38B9 #B9AF38

tetradic

#38B9AF #6F38B9 #B93842 #82B938

square

#38B9AF #6F38B9 #B93842 #82B938

split-complementary

#38B9AF #B93882 #B96F38

monochromatic

#1C5B56 #2A8A83 #38B9AF #5FCFC6 #8EDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38B9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9AF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9AF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec6',
    500: '#38b9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9af;
$custom-light: #81cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.349,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9AF

secondary

#C8858A

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9AF

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

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