#38AA9F#38AA9F

#38AA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA9F
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 159)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -34.12, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 34.31, 186.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.1012 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.102 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2607, 32.0909, 37.8151)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA9F #AA3843

analogous

#38AA66 #38AA9F #387CAA

triadic

#38AA9F #9F38AA #AA9F38

tetradic

#38AA9F #6638AA #AA3843 #7CAA38

square

#38AA9F #6638AA #AA3843 #7CAA38

split-complementary

#38AA9F #AA387C #AA6638

monochromatic

#1A4E49 #297C74 #38AA9F #57C8BD #85D7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38AA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#38AA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA9F

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA9F	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9194A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4bb',
    500: '#38aa9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa9f;
$custom-light: #7ec4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.211,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6721,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA9F

secondary

#C17D84

accent

#4E5BDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA9F

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

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