#38AFC4#38AFC4

#38AFC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.106 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC4
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 196)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -25.62, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 32.63, 218.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0903 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.106 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9204, 35.4831, 57.6440)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC4 #C44D38

analogous

#38C493 #38AFC4 #3869C4

triadic

#38AFC4 #C438AF #AFC438

tetradic

#38AFC4 #9338C4 #C44D38 #69C438

square

#38AFC4 #9338C4 #C44D38 #69C438

split-complementary

#38AFC4 #C43869 #C49338

monochromatic

#1D5A65 #2A8594 #38AFC4 #66C3D3 #96D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38AFC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38AFC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC4

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC4	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.106 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d5',
    500: '#38afc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc4;
$custom-light: #82c7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69791,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC4

secondary

#CC958C

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC4

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

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