#38AEC0#38AEC0

#38AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.105 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEC0
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -26.36, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 32.29, 215.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0909 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.105 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2773, 34.9156, 55.2134)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEC0 #C04A38

analogous

#38C08E #38AEC0 #386AC0

triadic

#38AEC0 #C038AE #AEC038

tetradic

#38AEC0 #8E38C0 #C04A38 #6AC038

square

#38AEC0 #8E38C0 #C04A38 #6AC038

split-complementary

#38AEC0 #C0386A #C08E38

monochromatic

#1C5861 #2A8391 #38AEC0 #64C3D2 #93D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#38AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEC0

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEC0	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.105 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6d3',
    500: '#38aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aec0;
$custom-light: #82c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6939,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEC0

secondary

#CB9289

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEC0

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

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