#38AFC3#38AFC3

#38AFC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.106 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC3
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 195)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -25.93, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 32.56, 217.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0907 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.106 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8070, 35.4377, 57.0465)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC3 #C34C38

analogous

#38C392 #38AFC3 #386AC3

triadic

#38AFC3 #C338AF #AFC338

tetradic

#38AFC3 #9238C3 #C34C38 #6AC338

square

#38AFC3 #9238C3 #C34C38 #6AC338

split-complementary

#38AFC3 #C3386A #C39238

monochromatic

#1D5A64 #2A8493 #38AFC3 #65C3D3 #95D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38AFC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38AFC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC3

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC3	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.106 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d5',
    500: '#38afc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc3;
$custom-light: #82c7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.633,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69751,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC3

secondary

#CC948B

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC3

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

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