#38AF9F#38AF9F

#38AF9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.107 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AF9F
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 159)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 9.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -36.43, -1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 36.46, 182.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.1064 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.107 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2159, 34.0013, 38.1335)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AF9F #AF3848

analogous

#38AF64 #38AF9F #3883AF

triadic

#38AF9F #9F38AF #AF9F38

tetradic

#38AF9F #6438AF #AF3848 #83AF38

square

#38AF9F #6438AF #AF3848 #83AF38

split-complementary

#38AF9F #AF3883 #AF6438

monochromatic

#1A524B #298175 #38AF9F #5ACABB #88D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38AF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#38AF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AF9F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AF9F	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9698A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38af9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.107 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7bb',
    500: '#38af9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38af9f;
$custom-light: #7fc7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38af9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68467,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AF9F

secondary

#C38089

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AF9F

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

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