#38AFC5#38AFC5

#38AFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.107 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC5
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 197)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -25.31, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 32.70, 219.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0899 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.107 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0346, 35.5288, 58.2454)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC5 #C54E38

analogous

#38C595 #38AFC5 #3868C5

triadic

#38AFC5 #C538AF #AFC538

tetradic

#38AFC5 #9538C5 #C54E38 #68C538

square

#38AFC5 #9538C5 #C54E38 #68C538

split-complementary

#38AFC5 #C53868 #C59538

monochromatic

#1D5A66 #2A8595 #38AFC5 #67C3D4 #96D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38AFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#38AFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC5

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC5	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.107 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d6',
    500: '#38afc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc5;
$custom-light: #82c7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69831,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC5

secondary

#CD968C

accent

#6049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC5

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

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