#38AFA9#38AFA9

#38AFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFA9
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 169)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -33.66, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 34.29, 190.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.1019 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.103 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1190, 34.3625, 42.8899)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFA9 #AF383E

analogous

#38AF6E #38AFA9 #3879AF

triadic

#38AFA9 #A938AF #AFA938

tetradic

#38AFA9 #6E38AF #AF383E #79AF38

square

#38AFA9 #6E38AF #AF383E #79AF38

split-complementary

#38AFA9 #AF3879 #AF6E38

monochromatic

#1A524F #29817C #38AFA9 #5ACAC5 #88D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38AFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#38AFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFA9

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFA9	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)

#A5A6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7c2',
    500: '#38afa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afa9;
$custom-light: #7fc7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.975,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68795,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFA9

secondary

#C38083

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFA9

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

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