#38AFA0#38AFA0

#38AFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.106 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFA0
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -36.16, -1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 36.21, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.106 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.106 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3030, 34.0361, 38.5924)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFA0 #AF3847

analogous

#38AF64 #38AFA0 #3882AF

triadic

#38AFA0 #A038AF #AFA038

tetradic

#38AFA0 #6438AF #AF3847 #82AF38

square

#38AFA0 #6438AF #AF3847 #82AF38

split-complementary

#38AFA0 #AF3882 #AF6438

monochromatic

#1A524B #298176 #38AFA0 #5ACABC #88D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38AFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#38AFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFA0

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFA0	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9698A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.106 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7bc',
    500: '#38afa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afa0;
$custom-light: #7fc7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFA0

secondary

#C38088

accent

#4D5FDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFA0

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

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