#38AEAF#38AEAF

#38AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.102 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEAF
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -31.46, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 33.03, 197.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0982 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.102 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5013, 34.2052, 45.8601)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEAF #AF3938

analogous

#38AF74 #38AEAF #3873AF

triadic

#38AEAF #AF38AE #AEAF38

tetradic

#38AEAF #7438AF #AF3938 #73AF38

square

#38AEAF #7438AF #AF3938 #73AF38

split-complementary

#38AEAF #AF3873 #AF7438

monochromatic

#1A5252 #298081 #38AEAF #5AC9CA #88D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#38AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEAF

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEAF	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.102 195.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68754,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEAF

secondary

#C38080

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEAF

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

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