#38AEA2#38AEA2

#38AEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA2
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 162)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -35.15, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 35.31, 185.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.104 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.104 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2855, 33.7189, 39.4566)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA2 #AE3844

analogous

#38AE67 #38AEA2 #387FAE

triadic

#38AEA2 #A238AE #AEA238

tetradic

#38AEA2 #6738AE #AE3844 #7FAE38

square

#38AEA2 #6738AE #AE3844 #7FAE38

split-complementary

#38AEA2 #AE387F #AE6738

monochromatic

#1A514C #298077 #38AEA2 #59CABE #88D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38AEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#38AEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA2

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA2	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)

#A5A4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7bd',
    500: '#38aea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea2;
$custom-light: #7fc7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68312,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA2

secondary

#C37F86

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA2

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

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