#38AFAE#38AFAE

#38AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFAE
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -32.23, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 33.49, 195.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0996 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.103 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5974, 34.5539, 45.4094)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFAE #AF3839

analogous

#38AF73 #38AFAE #3874AF

triadic

#38AFAE #AE38AF #AFAE38

tetradic

#38AFAE #7338AF #AF3839 #74AF38

square

#38AFAE #7338AF #AF3839 #74AF38

split-complementary

#38AFAE #AF3874 #AF7338

monochromatic

#1A5252 #298180 #38AFAE #5ACAC9 #88D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#38AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFAE

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFAE	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7c6',
    500: '#38afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afae;
$custom-light: #80c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.496,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68967,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFAE

secondary

#C38080

accent

#4D4EDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFAE

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

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