#38AEA4#38AEA4

#38AEA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA4
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 164)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -34.60, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 34.88, 187.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.1031 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.104 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4647, 33.7905, 40.4003)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA4 #AE3842

analogous

#38AE69 #38AEA4 #387DAE

triadic

#38AEA4 #A438AE #AEA438

tetradic

#38AEA4 #6938AE #AE3842 #7DAE38

square

#38AEA4 #6938AE #AE3842 #7DAE38

split-complementary

#38AEA4 #AE387D #AE6938

monochromatic

#1A514D #298078 #38AEA4 #59CAC0 #88D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38AEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#38AEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA4

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA4	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6be',
    500: '#38aea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea4;
$custom-light: #7fc6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.915,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68378,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA4

secondary

#C37F85

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA4

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

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