#38AEAC#38AEAC

#38AEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.102 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEAC
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -32.33, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 33.43, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0995 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.102 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2100, 34.0886, 44.3256)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEAC #AE383A

analogous

#38AE71 #38AEAC #3875AE

triadic

#38AEAC #AC38AE #AEAC38

tetradic

#38AEAC #7138AE #AE383A #75AE38

square

#38AEAC #7138AE #AE383A #75AE38

split-complementary

#38AEAC #AE3875 #AE7138

monochromatic

#1A5150 #29807E #38AEAC #59CAC8 #88D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38AEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#38AEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEAC

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEAC	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.102 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6c4',
    500: '#38aeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aeac;
$custom-light: #80c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68649,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEAC

secondary

#C37F80

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEAC

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

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