#38AFA8#38AFA8

#38AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFA8
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -33.94, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 34.47, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.1023 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.104 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0255, 34.3251, 42.3974)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFA8 #AF383F

analogous

#38AF6D #38AFA8 #387AAF

triadic

#38AFA8 #A838AF #AFA838

tetradic

#38AFA8 #6D38AF #AF383F #7AAF38

square

#38AFA8 #6D38AF #AF383F #7AAF38

split-complementary

#38AFA8 #AF387A #AF6D38

monochromatic

#1A524F #29817B #38AFA8 #5ACAC4 #88D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#38AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFA8

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFA8	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9499A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7c1',
    500: '#38afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afa8;
$custom-light: #7fc7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFA8

secondary

#C38084

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFA8

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

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