#38AEC3#38AEC3

#38AEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.106 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEC3
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -25.43, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 32.45, 218.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0897 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.106 212)
XYZ	xyz(26.6131, 35.0499, 56.9819)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEC3 #C34D38

analogous

#38C393 #38AEC3 #3869C3

triadic

#38AEC3 #C338AE #AEC338

tetradic

#38AEC3 #9338C3 #C34D38 #69C338

square

#38AEC3 #9338C3 #C34D38 #69C338

split-complementary

#38AEC3 #C33869 #C39338

monochromatic

#1D5964 #2A8493 #38AEC3 #65C2D3 #95D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38AEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38AEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEC3

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEC3	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.106 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6d5',
    500: '#38aec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aec3;
$custom-light: #82c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.065,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69509,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.35053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEC3

secondary

#CC958B

accent

#6049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEC3

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

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