#38AFA5#38AFA5

#38AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFA5
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -34.78, -4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 35.07, 187.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1037 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.104 187)
XYZ	xyz(23.7492, 34.2146, 40.9424)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFA5 #AF3842

analogous

#38AF69 #38AFA5 #387DAF

triadic

#38AFA5 #A538AF #AFA538

tetradic

#38AFA5 #6938AF #AF3842 #7DAF38

square

#38AFA5 #6938AF #AF3842 #7DAF38

split-complementary

#38AFA5 #AF387D #AF6938

monochromatic

#1A524E #298179 #38AFA5 #5ACAC1 #88D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#38AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFA5

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFA5	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)

#A6A6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7bf',
    500: '#38afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afa5;
$custom-light: #7fc7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.958,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68661,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.34217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFA5

secondary

#C38085

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFA5

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

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