#38AEAB#38AEAB

#38AEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.102 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEAB
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -32.62, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 33.59, 193.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.0999 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.102 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1143, 34.0504, 43.8217)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEAB #AE383B

analogous

#38AE70 #38AEAB #3876AE

triadic

#38AEAB #AB38AE #AEAB38

tetradic

#38AEAB #7038AE #AE383B #76AE38

square

#38AEAB #7038AE #AE383B #76AE38

split-complementary

#38AEAB #AE3876 #AE7038

monochromatic

#1A5150 #29807D #38AEAB #59CAC7 #88D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38AEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#38AEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEAB

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEAB	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.102 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c4',
    500: '#38aeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aeab;
$custom-light: #7fc6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.475,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68614,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEAB

secondary

#C37F81

accent

#4D51DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEAB

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

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