#38AAA8#38AAA8

#38AAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.100 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAA8
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -31.57, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 32.64, 194.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0971 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.1 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0703, 32.4147, 42.0790)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAA8 #AA383A

analogous

#38AA6F #38AAA8 #3873AA

triadic

#38AAA8 #A838AA #AAA838

tetradic

#38AAA8 #6F38AA #AA383A #73AA38

square

#38AAA8 #6F38AA #AA383A #73AA38

split-complementary

#38AAA8 #AA3873 #AA6F38

monochromatic

#1A4E4D #297C7B #38AAA8 #57C8C6 #85D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#38AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAA8

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAA8	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.100 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c1',
    500: '#38aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaa8;
$custom-light: #7fc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.947,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67514,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAA8

secondary

#C17D7E

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAA8

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

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