#38AFAA#38AFAA

#38AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFAA
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -33.38, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 34.11, 191.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.1014 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.103 191)
XYZ	xyz(24.2132, 34.4002, 43.3862)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFAA #AF383D

analogous

#38AF6E #38AFAA #3878AF

triadic

#38AFAA #AA38AF #AFAA38

tetradic

#38AFAA #6E38AF #AF383D #78AF38

square

#38AFAA #6E38AF #AF383D #78AF38

split-complementary

#38AFAA #AF3878 #AF6E38

monochromatic

#1A5250 #29817D #38AFAA #5ACAC5 #88D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#38AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFAA

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFAA	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc7c3',
    500: '#38afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afaa;
$custom-light: #7fc7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68828,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.34403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFAA

secondary

#C38082

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFAA

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

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