#38AE9C#38AE9C

#38AE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE9C
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -36.78, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 36.78, 180.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.1068 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.107 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7648, 33.5106, 36.7145)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE9C #AE384A

analogous

#38AE61 #38AE9C #3885AE

triadic

#38AE9C #9C38AE #AE9C38

tetradic

#38AE9C #6138AE #AE384A #85AE38

square

#38AE9C #6138AE #AE384A #85AE38

split-complementary

#38AE9C #AE3885 #AE6138

monochromatic

#1A5149 #298072 #38AE9C #59CAB9 #88D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38AE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#38AE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE9C

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE9C	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)

#A6A49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7b9',
    500: '#38ae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae9c;
$custom-light: #7ec7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.847,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68122,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE9C

secondary

#C37F89

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE9C

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

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