#38AFC0#38AFC0

#38AFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.105 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC0
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -26.86, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 32.44, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0919 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.105 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4712, 35.3034, 55.2781)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC0 #C04938

analogous

#38C08D #38AFC0 #386BC0

triadic

#38AFC0 #C038AF #AFC038

tetradic

#38AFC0 #8D38C0 #C04938 #6BC038

square

#38AFC0 #8D38C0 #C04938 #6BC038

split-complementary

#38AFC0 #C0386B #C08D38

monochromatic

#1C5961 #2A8491 #38AFC0 #64C4D2 #93D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38AFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#38AFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC0

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC0	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.105 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d3',
    500: '#38afc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc0;
$custom-light: #82c7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69633,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC0

secondary

#CB9189

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC0

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

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