#38AAA0#38AAA0

#38AAA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.101 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAA0
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -33.84, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 34.09, 187.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.1008 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.101 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3478, 32.1258, 38.2740)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAA0 #AA3842

analogous

#38AA67 #38AAA0 #387BAA

triadic

#38AAA0 #A038AA #AAA038

tetradic

#38AAA0 #6738AA #AA3842 #7BAA38

square

#38AAA0 #6738AA #AA3842 #7BAA38

split-complementary

#38AAA0 #AA387B #AA6738

monochromatic

#1A4E49 #297C75 #38AAA0 #57C8BE #85D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#38AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAA0

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAA0	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9094A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.101 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4bc',
    500: '#38aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaa0;
$custom-light: #7ec4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.737,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.10144,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAA0

secondary

#C17D83

accent

#4E5ADA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAA0

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

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