#38AAA6#38AAA6

#38AAA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAA6
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(178, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -32.15, -7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 32.96, 192.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.098 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.1 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8854, 32.3408, 41.1053)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAA6 #AA383C

analogous

#38AA6D #38AAA6 #3875AA

triadic

#38AAA6 #A638AA #AAA638

tetradic

#38AAA6 #6D38AA #AA383C #75AA38

square

#38AAA6 #6D38AA #AA383C #75AA38

split-complementary

#38AAA6 #AA3875 #AA6D38

monochromatic

#1A4E4C #297C79 #38AAA6 #57C8C4 #85D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#38AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAA6

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAA6	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4c0',
    500: '#38aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaa6;
$custom-light: #7ec4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67445,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAA6

secondary

#C17D7F

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAA6

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

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