#38AEAA#38AEAA

#38AEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.103 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEAA
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -32.90, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 33.75, 192.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.1004 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.103 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0193, 34.0124, 43.3216)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEAA #AE383C

analogous

#38AE6F #38AEAA #3877AE

triadic

#38AEAA #AA38AE #AEAA38

tetradic

#38AEAA #6F38AE #AE383C #77AE38

square

#38AEAA #6F38AE #AE383C #77AE38

split-complementary

#38AEAA #AE3877 #AE6F38

monochromatic

#1A5150 #29807D #38AEAA #59CAC6 #88D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38AEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#38AEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEAA

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEAA	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.103 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c3',
    500: '#38aeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aeaa;
$custom-light: #7fc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6858,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEAA

secondary

#C37F81

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEAA

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

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