#38AAAC#38AAAC

#38AAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.100 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAAC
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -30.41, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 32.12, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0954 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.1 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4487, 32.5661, 44.0718)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAAC #AC3A38

analogous

#38AC74 #38AAAC #3870AC

triadic

#38AAAC #AC38AA #AAAC38

tetradic

#38AAAC #7438AC #AC3A38 #70AC38

square

#38AAAC #7438AC #AC3A38 #70AC38

split-complementary

#38AAAC #AC3870 #AC7438

monochromatic

#1A4F50 #297C7E #38AAAC #58C7C9 #87D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#38AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAAC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAAC	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#9FA2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D95AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.100 196.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67656,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAAC

secondary

#C27F7E

accent

#504DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAAC

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

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