#38AFA3#38AFA3

#38AFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.105 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFA3
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 163)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -35.34, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 35.51, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.1046 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.105 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5686, 34.1424, 39.9912)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFA3 #AF3844

analogous

#38AF68 #38AFA3 #387FAF

triadic

#38AFA3 #A338AF #AFA338

tetradic

#38AFA3 #6838AF #AF3844 #7FAF38

square

#38AFA3 #6838AF #AF3844 #7FAF38

split-complementary

#38AFA3 #AF387F #AF6838

monochromatic

#1A524D #298178 #38AFA3 #5ACABF #88D9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38AFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38AFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFA3

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFA3	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.105 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7be',
    500: '#38afa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afa3;
$custom-light: #7fc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.95,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68596,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFA3

secondary

#C38086

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFA3

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

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