#38AEAE#38AEAE

#38AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEAE
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -31.75, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 33.15, 196.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0986 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.102 195)
XYZ	xyz(24.4035, 34.1661, 45.3448)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEAE #AE3838

analogous

#38AE73 #38AEAE #3873AE

triadic

#38AEAE #AE38AE #AEAE38

tetradic

#38AEAE #7338AE #AE3838 #73AE38

square

#38AEAE #7338AE #AE3838 #73AE38

split-complementary

#38AEAE #AE3873 #AE7338

monochromatic

#1A5151 #298080 #38AEAE #59CACA #88D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEAE

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEAE	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)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6c6',
    500: '#38aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aeae;
$custom-light: #80c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68719,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.34169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEAE

secondary

#C37F7F

accent

#4D4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEAE

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

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