#38A2AE#38A2AE

#38A2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.096 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A2AE
RGB	rgb(56, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -25.86, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 29.92, 210.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0862 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.096 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1879, 29.7349, 44.6062)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A2AE #AE4438

analogous

#38AE7F #38A2AE #3867AE

triadic

#38A2AE #AE38A2 #A2AE38

tetradic

#38A2AE #7F38AE #AE4438 #67AE38

square

#38A2AE #7F38AE #AE4438 #67AE38

split-complementary

#38A2AE #AE3867 #AE7F38

monochromatic

#1A4C51 #297780 #38A2AE #59BECA #88D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#38A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#38A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38A2AE

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A2AE	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.096 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebec6',
    500: '#38a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a2ae;
$custom-light: #7ebec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65751,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A2AE

secondary

#C3867F

accent

#5B4DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A2AE

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

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