#38AEA8#38AEA8

#38AEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEA8
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -33.47, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 34.09, 190.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.1013 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.103 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8316, 33.9373, 42.3328)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEA8 #AE383E

analogous

#38AE6D #38AEA8 #3879AE

triadic

#38AEA8 #A838AE #AEA838

tetradic

#38AEA8 #6D38AE #AE383E #79AE38

square

#38AEA8 #6D38AE #AE383E #79AE38

split-complementary

#38AEA8 #AE3879 #AE6D38

monochromatic

#1A514F #29807B #38AEA8 #59CAC4 #88D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#38AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEA8

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEA8	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c1',
    500: '#38aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aea8;
$custom-light: #7fc6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68511,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEA8

secondary

#C37F83

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEA8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →