#38AEBC#38AEBC

#38AEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.103 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEBC
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -27.58, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 32.22, 211.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0926 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.103 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8401, 34.7407, 52.9110)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEBC #BC4638

analogous

#38BC88 #38AEBC #386CBC

triadic

#38AEBC #BC38AE #AEBC38

tetradic

#38AEBC #8838BC #BC4638 #6CBC38

square

#38AEBC #8838BC #BC4638 #6CBC38

split-complementary

#38AEBC #BC386C #BC8838

monochromatic

#1C575E #2A828D #38AEBC #61C4D0 #90D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEBC

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEBC	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.103 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6d0',
    500: '#38aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aebc;
$custom-light: #81c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69235,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEBC

secondary

#C98E87

accent

#5A4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEBC

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

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