#38AFAF#38AFAF

#38AFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFAF
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(180, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -31.94, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 33.35, 196.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0992 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.103 195)
XYZ	xyz(24.6952, 34.5930, 45.9247)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFAF #AF3838

analogous

#38AF73 #38AFAF #3873AF

triadic

#38AFAF #AF38AF #AFAF38

tetradic

#38AFAF #7338AF #AF3838 #73AF38

square

#38AFAF #7338AF #AF3838 #73AF38

split-complementary

#38AFAF #AF3873 #AF7338

monochromatic

#1A5252 #298181 #38AFAF #5ACACA #88D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38AFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#38AFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFAF

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFAF	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 195.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69002,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.34596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFAF

secondary

#C38080

accent

#4D4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFAF

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

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