#38AFA4#38AFA4

#38AFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.105 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFA4
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 164)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, -35.06, -3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 35.28, 186.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.1041 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.105 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6586, 34.1783, 40.4650)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFA4 #AF3843

analogous

#38AF69 #38AFA4 #387EAF

triadic

#38AFA4 #A438AF #AFA438

tetradic

#38AFA4 #6938AF #AF3843 #7EAF38

square

#38AFA4 #6938AF #AF3843 #7EAF38

split-complementary

#38AFA4 #AF387E #AF6938

monochromatic

#1A524D #298179 #38AFA4 #5ACAC0 #88D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38AFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#38AFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFA4

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFA4	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.105 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7be',
    500: '#38afa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afa4;
$custom-light: #7fc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68628,
    "c": 0.10475,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFA4

secondary

#C38086

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFA4

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

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