#38AAA4#38AAA4

#38AAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAA4
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -32.71, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 33.30, 190.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0989 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.1 190)
XYZ	xyz(22.7034, 32.2680, 40.1466)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAA4 #AA383E

analogous

#38AA6B #38AAA4 #3877AA

triadic

#38AAA4 #A438AA #AAA438

tetradic

#38AAA4 #6B38AA #AA383E #77AA38

square

#38AAA4 #6B38AA #AA383E #77AA38

split-complementary

#38AAA4 #AA3877 #AA6B38

monochromatic

#1A4E4B #297C78 #38AAA4 #57C8C2 #85D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#38AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAA4

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAA4	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4be',
    500: '#38aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaa4;
$custom-light: #7ec4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67377,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.32271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAA4

secondary

#C17D81

accent

#4E55DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAA4

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

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