#38AA9E#38AA9E

#38AA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA9E
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -34.39, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 34.53, 185.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.1017 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.102 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1743, 32.0563, 37.3600)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA9E #AA3844

analogous

#38AA65 #38AA9E #387DAA

triadic

#38AA9E #9E38AA #AA9E38

tetradic

#38AA9E #6538AA #AA3844 #7DAA38

square

#38AA9E #6538AA #AA3844 #7DAA38

split-complementary

#38AA9E #AA387D #AA6538

monochromatic

#1A4E48 #297C73 #38AA9E #57C8BC #85D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38AA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#38AA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA9E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA9E	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4ba',
    500: '#38aa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa9e;
$custom-light: #7ec4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67177,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA9E

secondary

#C17D84

accent

#4E5DDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA9E

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

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