#38AFA6#38AFA6

#38AFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFA6
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 166)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 5.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -34.51, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 34.86, 188.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.1032 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.104 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8406, 34.2512, 41.4237)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFA6 #AF3841

analogous

#38AF6A #38AFA6 #387DAF

triadic

#38AFA6 #A638AF #AFA638

tetradic

#38AFA6 #6A38AF #AF3841 #7DAF38

square

#38AFA6 #6A38AF #AF3841 #7DAF38

split-complementary

#38AFA6 #AF387D #AF6A38

monochromatic

#1A524E #29817A #38AFA6 #5ACAC2 #88D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38AFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38AFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFA6

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFA6	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7c0',
    500: '#38afa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afa6;
$custom-light: #7fc7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.462,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68694,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFA6

secondary

#C38085

accent

#4D58DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFA6

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

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