#38AFB5#38AFB5

#38AFB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.103 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFB5
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 181)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 3.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -30.18, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 32.72, 202.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0966 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.103 200)
XYZ	xyz(25.2977, 34.8340, 49.0975)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFB5 #B53E38

analogous

#38B57D #38AFB5 #3871B5

triadic

#38AFB5 #B538AF #AFB538

tetradic

#38AFB5 #7D38B5 #B53E38 #71B538

square

#38AFB5 #7D38B5 #B53E38 #71B538

split-complementary

#38AFB5 #B53871 #B57D38

monochromatic

#1B5558 #2A8286 #38AFB5 #5DC8CD #8CD8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#38AFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#38AFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFB5

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFB5	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.103 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7cb',
    500: '#38afb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afb5;
$custom-light: #80c7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69217,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.34837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFB5

secondary

#C68683

accent

#534CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFB5

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

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