#38AAAE#38AAAE

#38AAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.100 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAAE
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -29.82, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 31.91, 200.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0945 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.1 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6422, 32.6435, 45.0910)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAAE #AE3C38

analogous

#38AE77 #38AAAE #386FAE

triadic

#38AAAE #AE38AA #AAAE38

tetradic

#38AAAE #7738AE #AE3C38 #6FAE38

square

#38AAAE #7738AE #AE3C38 #6FAE38

split-complementary

#38AAAE #AE386F #AE7738

monochromatic

#1A5051 #297D80 #38AAAE #59C6CA #88D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#38AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAAE

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAAE	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.100 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc3c6',
    500: '#38aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aaae;
$custom-light: #7fc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67728,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAAE

secondary

#C3817F

accent

#524DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAAE

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

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