#38AAAF#38AAAF

#38AAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AAAF
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 175)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -29.53, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 31.82, 201.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.094 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7401, 32.6826, 45.6063)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AAAF #AF3D38

analogous

#38AF78 #38AAAF #386EAF

triadic

#38AAAF #AF38AA #AAAF38

tetradic

#38AAAF #7838AF #AF3D38 #6EAF38

square

#38AAAF #7838AF #AF3D38 #6EAF38

split-complementary

#38AAAF #AF386E #AF7838

monochromatic

#1A5052 #297D81 #38AAAF #5AC5CA #88D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#38AAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AAAF

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AAAF	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67764,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AAAF

secondary

#C38280

accent

#534DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AAAF

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

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