#38AFAD#38AFAD

#38AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFAD
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -32.52, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 33.63, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.1001 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.103 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5003, 34.5150, 44.8979)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFAD #AF383A

analogous

#38AF72 #38AFAD #3875AF

triadic

#38AFAD #AD38AF #AFAD38

tetradic

#38AFAD #7238AF #AF383A #75AF38

square

#38AFAD #7238AF #AF383A #75AF38

split-complementary

#38AFAD #AF3875 #AF7238

monochromatic

#1A5251 #29817F #38AFAD #5ACAC8 #88D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#38AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFAD

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#A4A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7c5',
    500: '#38afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afad;
$custom-light: #80c7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68932,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFAD

secondary

#C38081

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFAD

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

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