#38AFAC#38AFAC

#38AFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFAC
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -32.81, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 33.78, 193.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.1005 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.103 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4039, 34.4765, 44.3902)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFAC #AF383B

analogous

#38AF70 #38AFAC #3877AF

triadic

#38AFAC #AC38AF #AFAC38

tetradic

#38AFAC #7038AF #AF383B #77AF38

square

#38AFAC #7038AF #AF383B #77AF38

split-complementary

#38AFAC #AF3877 #AF7038

monochromatic

#1A5251 #29817E #38AFAC #5ACAC7 #88D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38AFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38AFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFAC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFAC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 192.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68897,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFAC

secondary

#C38081

accent

#4D50DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFAC

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

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