#38AAAB#38AAAB

#38AAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAAB
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 171)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -30.70, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 32.24, 197.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0958 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.1 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3530, 32.5278, 43.5679)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAAB #AB3938

analogous

#38AB73 #38AAAB #3870AB

triadic

#38AAAB #AB38AA #AAAB38

tetradic

#38AAAB #7338AB #AB3938 #70AB38

square

#38AAAB #7338AB #AB3938 #70AB38

split-complementary

#38AAAB #AB3870 #AB7338

monochromatic

#1A4E4F #297C7D #38AAAB #58C7C8 #86D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#38AAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAAB

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAAB	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc3c4',
    500: '#38aaab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaab;
$custom-light: #7fc3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6762,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAAB

secondary

#C17E7D

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAAB

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

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