#38AEA1#38AEA1

#38AEA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA1
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 161)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 7.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -35.43, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 35.54, 184.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.1045 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.105 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1969, 33.6834, 38.9903)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA1 #AE3845

analogous

#38AE66 #38AEA1 #3880AE

triadic

#38AEA1 #A138AE #AEA138

tetradic

#38AEA1 #6638AE #AE3845 #80AE38

square

#38AEA1 #6638AE #AE3845 #80AE38

split-complementary

#38AEA1 #AE3880 #AE6638

monochromatic

#1A514B #298076 #38AEA1 #59CABD #88D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38AEA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#38AEA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA1

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA1	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7bc',
    500: '#38aea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea1;
$custom-light: #7fc7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6828,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA1

secondary

#C37F87

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA1

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

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