#38AE9F#38AE9F

#38AE9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.106 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AE9F
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -35.97, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 36.02, 182.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.1054 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.106 183)
XYZ	xyz(23.0220, 33.6135, 38.0689)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AE9F #AE3847

analogous

#38AE64 #38AE9F #3882AE

triadic

#38AE9F #9F38AE #AE9F38

tetradic

#38AE9F #6438AE #AE3847 #82AE38

square

#38AE9F #6438AE #AE3847 #82AE38

split-complementary

#38AE9F #AE3882 #AE6438

monochromatic

#1A514A #298075 #38AE9F #59CABB #88D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38AE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#38AE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AE9F

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AE9F	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.106 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec7bb',
    500: '#38ae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ae9f;
$custom-light: #7ec7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68216,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.33616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AE9F

secondary

#C37F88

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AE9F

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

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