#38AF9E#38AF9E

#38AF9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF9E
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 158)
HSL	hsl(171, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 9.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -36.70, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 36.71, 181.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.1069 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.107 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1295, 33.9667, 37.6784)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF9E #AF3849

analogous

#38AF63 #38AF9E #3884AF

triadic

#38AF9E #9E38AF #AF9E38

tetradic

#38AF9E #6338AF #AF3849 #84AF38

square

#38AF9E #6338AF #AF3849 #84AF38

split-complementary

#38AF9E #AF3884 #AF6338

monochromatic

#1A524A #298174 #38AF9E #5ACABA #88D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38AF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#38AF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF9E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF9E	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9698A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7ba',
    500: '#38af9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af9e;
$custom-light: #7fc7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68436,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF9E

secondary

#C38089

accent

#4D61DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF9E

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

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