#38AFAB#38AFAB

#38AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFAB
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -33.09, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 33.94, 192.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.101 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.103 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3082, 34.4382, 43.8863)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFAB #AF383C

analogous

#38AF6F #38AFAB #3878AF

triadic

#38AFAB #AB38AF #AFAB38

tetradic

#38AFAB #6F38AF #AF383C #78AF38

square

#38AFAB #6F38AF #AF383C #78AF38

split-complementary

#38AFAB #AF3878 #AF6F38

monochromatic

#1A5250 #29817E #38AFAB #5ACAC6 #88D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#38AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFAB

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFAB	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7c4',
    500: '#38afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afab;
$custom-light: #80c7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.983,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68863,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFAB

secondary

#C38082

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFAB

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

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