#38AEA3#38AEA3

#38AEA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA3
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 163)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -34.87, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 35.09, 186.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.1036 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.104 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3747, 33.7545, 39.9266)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA3 #AE3843

analogous

#38AE68 #38AEA3 #387EAE

triadic

#38AEA3 #A338AE #AEA338

tetradic

#38AEA3 #6838AE #AE3843 #7EAE38

square

#38AEA3 #6838AE #AE3843 #7EAE38

split-complementary

#38AEA3 #AE387E #AE6838

monochromatic

#1A514C #298078 #38AEA3 #59CABF #88D9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38AEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38AEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA3

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA3	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6be',
    500: '#38aea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea3;
$custom-light: #7fc6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.407,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68345,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA3

secondary

#C37F85

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA3

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

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