#38AEAD#38AEAD

#38AEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEAD
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -32.04, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 33.29, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.099 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.102 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3064, 34.1272, 44.8333)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEAD #AE3839

analogous

#38AE72 #38AEAD #3874AE

triadic

#38AEAD #AD38AE #AEAD38

tetradic

#38AEAD #7238AE #AE3839 #74AE38

square

#38AEAD #7238AE #AE3839 #74AE38

split-complementary

#38AEAD #AE3874 #AE7238

monochromatic

#1A5151 #29807F #38AEAD #59CAC9 #88D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEAD

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEAD	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6c5',
    500: '#38aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aead;
$custom-light: #80c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68684,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEAD

secondary

#C37F80

accent

#4D4EDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEAD

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

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