#38AEA0#38AEA0

#38AEA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.105 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA0
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -35.70, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 35.78, 183.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.1049 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.105 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1091, 33.6483, 38.5278)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA0 #AE3846

analogous

#38AE65 #38AEA0 #3881AE

triadic

#38AEA0 #A038AE #AEA038

tetradic

#38AEA0 #6538AE #AE3846 #81AE38

square

#38AEA0 #6538AE #AE3846 #81AE38

split-complementary

#38AEA0 #AE3881 #AE6538

monochromatic

#1A514B #298075 #38AEA0 #59CABC #88D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38AEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#38AEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA0

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA0	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.105 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7bc',
    500: '#38aea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea0;
$custom-light: #7fc7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68248,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA0

secondary

#C37F87

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA0

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

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