#38AE9B#38AE9B

#38AE9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE9B
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -37.05, 0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 37.05, 179.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.1073 0)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.107 180)
XYZ	xyz(22.6805, 33.4769, 36.2704)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE9B #AE384B

analogous

#38AE60 #38AE9B #3886AE

triadic

#38AE9B #9B38AE #AE9B38

tetradic

#38AE9B #6038AE #AE384B #86AE38

square

#38AE9B #6038AE #AE384B #86AE38

split-complementary

#38AE9B #AE3886 #AE6038

monochromatic

#1A5149 #298072 #38AE9B #59CAB8 #88D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38AE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#38AE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE9B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE9B	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96979D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b8',
    500: '#38ae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae9b;
$custom-light: #7ec7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.339,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68091,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.33479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE9B

secondary

#C37F8A

accent

#4D64DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE9B

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

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