#38AFC2#38AFC2

#38AFC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.106 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC2
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 194)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -26.24, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 32.51, 216.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0911 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.106 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6943, 35.3926, 56.4531)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC2 #C24B38

analogous

#38C290 #38AFC2 #386AC2

triadic

#38AFC2 #C238AF #AFC238

tetradic

#38AFC2 #9038C2 #C24B38 #6AC238

square

#38AFC2 #9038C2 #C24B38 #6AC238

split-complementary

#38AFC2 #C2386A #C29038

monochromatic

#1D5963 #2A8493 #38AFC2 #65C3D2 #94D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38AFC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#38AFC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC2	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.106 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d4',
    500: '#38afc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc2;
$custom-light: #82c7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69712,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC2

secondary

#CB938A

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC2

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

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