#38AA9B#38AA9B

#38AA9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.103 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA9B
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 155)
HSL	hsl(172, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -35.21, -1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 35.25, 182.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.1031 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.103 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9192, 31.9543, 36.0166)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA9B #AA3847

analogous

#38AA62 #38AA9B #3880AA

triadic

#38AA9B #9B38AA #AA9B38

tetradic

#38AA9B #6238AA #AA3847 #80AA38

square

#38AA9B #6238AA #AA3847 #80AA38

split-complementary

#38AA9B #AA3880 #AA6238

monochromatic

#1A4E47 #297C71 #38AA9B #57C8B9 #85D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#38AA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#38AA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA9B

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA9B	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.103 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b8',
    500: '#38aa9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa9b;
$custom-light: #7ec4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67081,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA9B

secondary

#C17D86

accent

#4E60DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA9B

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

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