#38AFB0#38AFB0

#38AFB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFB0
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 176)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -31.65, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 33.22, 197.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0987 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.103 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7938, 34.6324, 46.4439)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFB0 #B03938

analogous

#38B075 #38AFB0 #3873B0

triadic

#38AFB0 #B038AF #AFB038

tetradic

#38AFB0 #7538B0 #B03938 #73B038

square

#38AFB0 #7538B0 #B03938 #73B038

split-complementary

#38AFB0 #B03873 #B07538

monochromatic

#1A5353 #298182 #38AFB0 #5BCACB #89D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38AFB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#38AFB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFB0

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFB0	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7c7',
    500: '#38afb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afb0;
$custom-light: #80c7c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69037,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFB0

secondary

#C48180

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFB0

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

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