#38AFB3#38AFB3

#38AFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFB3
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 179)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -30.77, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 32.90, 200.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0974 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.103 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0939, 34.7525, 48.0245)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFB3 #B33C38

analogous

#38B379 #38AFB3 #3871B3

triadic

#38AFB3 #B338AF #AFB338

tetradic

#38AFB3 #7938B3 #B33C38 #71B338

square

#38AFB3 #7938B3 #B33C38 #71B338

split-complementary

#38AFB3 #B33871 #B37938

monochromatic

#1B5456 #298184 #38AFB3 #5CC8CC #8BD8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38AFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#38AFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFB3

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFB3	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9099B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7c9',
    500: '#38afb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afb3;
$custom-light: #80c7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.951,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69144,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFB3

secondary

#C58482

accent

#514CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFB3

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

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