#38AFB2#38AFB2

#38AFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFB2
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -31.07, -11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 33.00, 199.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0979 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.103 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9932, 34.7122, 47.4938)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFB2 #B23B38

analogous

#38B278 #38AFB2 #3872B2

triadic

#38AFB2 #B238AF #AFB238

tetradic

#38AFB2 #7838B2 #B23B38 #72B238

square

#38AFB2 #7838B2 #B23B38 #72B238

split-complementary

#38AFB2 #B23872 #B27838

monochromatic

#1B5355 #298183 #38AFB2 #5CC9CC #8AD8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38AFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#38AFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFB2

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFB2	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7c9',
    500: '#38afb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afb2;
$custom-light: #80c7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69108,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFB2

secondary

#C58381

accent

#504CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFB2

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

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