#38AEBE#38AEBE

#38AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEBE
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -26.97, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 32.23, 213.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0917 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.104 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0572, 34.8275, 54.0543)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEBE #BE4838

analogous

#38BE8B #38AEBE #386BBE

triadic

#38AEBE #BE38AE #AEBE38

tetradic

#38AEBE #8B38BE #BE4838 #6BBE38

square

#38AEBE #8B38BE #BE4838 #6BBE38

split-complementary

#38AEBE #BE386B #BE8B38

monochromatic

#1C575F #2A838F #38AEBE #62C4D1 #92D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#38AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEBE

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEBE	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6d1',
    500: '#38aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aebe;
$custom-light: #81c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69312,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEBE

secondary

#CA9088

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEBE

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

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