#38AEA5#38AEA5

#38AEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA5
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -34.32, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 34.67, 188.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.1026 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.104 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5553, 33.8268, 40.8778)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA5 #AE3841

analogous

#38AE6A #38AEA5 #387CAE

triadic

#38AEA5 #A538AE #AEA538

tetradic

#38AEA5 #6A38AE #AE3841 #7CAE38

square

#38AEA5 #6A38AE #AE3841 #7CAE38

split-complementary

#38AEA5 #AE387C #AE6A38

monochromatic

#1A514D #298079 #38AEA5 #59CAC1 #88D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38AEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#38AEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA5

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA5	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6bf',
    500: '#38aea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea5;
$custom-light: #7fc6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.424,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68411,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA5

secondary

#C37F84

accent

#4D58DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA5

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

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