#38AAA9#38AAA9

#38AAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.100 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAA9
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -31.28, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 32.50, 195.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0967 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.1 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1638, 32.4522, 42.5715)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAA9 #AA3839

analogous

#38AA70 #38AAA9 #3872AA

triadic

#38AAA9 #A938AA #AAA938

tetradic

#38AAA9 #7038AA #AA3839 #72AA38

square

#38AAA9 #7038AA #AA3839 #72AA38

split-complementary

#38AAA9 #AA3872 #AA7038

monochromatic

#1A4E4D #297C7B #38AAA9 #57C8C7 #85D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#38AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAA9

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAA9	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.100 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c2',
    500: '#38aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaa9;
$custom-light: #7fc4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAA9

secondary

#C17D7E

accent

#4E4FDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAA9

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

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