#38AAA5#38AAA5

#38AAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAA5
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -32.43, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 33.13, 191.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0985 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.1 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7941, 32.3042, 40.6241)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAA5 #AA383D

analogous

#38AA6C #38AAA5 #3876AA

triadic

#38AAA5 #A538AA #AAA538

tetradic

#38AAA5 #6C38AA #AA383D #76AA38

square

#38AAA5 #6C38AA #AA383D #76AA38

split-complementary

#38AAA5 #AA3876 #AA6C38

monochromatic

#1A4E4C #297C78 #38AAA5 #57C8C3 #85D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#38AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAA5

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAA5	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4bf',
    500: '#38aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaa5;
$custom-light: #7ec4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.368,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67411,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAA5

secondary

#C17D80

accent

#4E54DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAA5

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

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