#38AFB7#38AFB7

#38AFB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFB7
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 183)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -29.59, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 32.59, 204.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0957 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.103 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5043, 34.9167, 50.1860)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFB7 #B74038

analogous

#38B780 #38AFB7 #386FB7

triadic

#38AFB7 #B738AF #AFB738

tetradic

#38AFB7 #8038B7 #B74038 #6FB738

square

#38AFB7 #8038B7 #B74038 #6FB738

split-complementary

#38AFB7 #B7386F #B78038

monochromatic

#1B5559 #2A8288 #38AFB7 #5EC7CE #8DD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38AFB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#38AFB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFB7

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFB7	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7cc',
    500: '#38afb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afb7;
$custom-light: #81c7cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69291,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFB7

secondary

#C78884

accent

#544BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFB7

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

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