#38AAAA#38AAAA

#38AAAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAAA
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -30.99, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 32.36, 196.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0962 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.1 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2581, 32.4898, 43.0678)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAAA #AA3838

analogous

#38AA71 #38AAAA #3871AA

triadic

#38AAAA #AA38AA #AAAA38

tetradic

#38AAAA #7138AA #AA3838 #71AA38

square

#38AAAA #7138AA #AA3838 #71AA38

split-complementary

#38AAAA #AA3871 #AA7138

monochromatic

#1A4E4E #297C7C #38AAAA #57C8C8 #85D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#38AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAAA

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAAA	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc3c3',
    500: '#38aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaaa;
$custom-light: #7fc3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67585,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAAA

secondary

#C17D7D

accent

#4E4EDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAAA

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

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