#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
RGBrgb(56, 174, 168)
HSLhsl(177, 51%, 45%)
HSVhsv(177, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.91, -33.47, -6.47)
CIE-LCHlch(64.91, 34.09, 190.93°)
OKLaboklab(68.51% -0.1013 -0.0181)
OKLCHoklch(68.51% 0.103 190.1)
XYZxyz(23.8316, 33.9373, 42.3328)
Luminance0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38AEA81.002.707.797.79
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7921.001.001.00
##0000007.7921.001.001.00

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

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#38AEA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva