#38AEC5#38AEC5

#38AEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.107 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AEC5
RGB	rgb(56, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -24.80, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 32.60, 220.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0889 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.107 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8407, 35.1409, 58.1808)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AEC5 #C54F38

analogous

#38C595 #38AEC5 #3868C5

triadic

#38AEC5 #C538AE #AEC538

tetradic

#38AEC5 #9538C5 #C54F38 #68C538

square

#38AEC5 #9538C5 #C54F38 #68C538

split-complementary

#38AEC5 #C53868 #C59538

monochromatic

#1D5A66 #2A8495 #38AEC5 #67C2D4 #96D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38AEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#38AEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEC5

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AEC5	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.107 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6d6',
    500: '#38aec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aec5;
$custom-light: #82c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.787,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6959,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AEC5

secondary

#CD978C

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AEC5

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

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