#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
RGBrgb(56, 174, 195)
HSLhsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(189, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.79, -25.43, -20.16)
CIE-LCHlch(65.79, 32.45, 218.41°)
OKLaboklab(69.51% -0.0897 -0.0561)
OKLCHoklch(69.51% 0.106 212)
XYZxyz(26.6131, 35.0499, 56.9819)
Luminance0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38AEC31.002.628.018.01
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0121.001.001.00
##0000008.0121.001.001.00

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

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#38AEC3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva