#38AABB#38AABB

#38AABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AABB
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -25.89, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 31.52, 214.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0889 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.102 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9714, 33.1752, 52.0915)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AABB #BB4938

analogous

#38BB8A #38AABB #3869BB

triadic

#38AABB #BB38AA #AABB38

tetradic

#38AABB #8A38BB #BB4938 #69BB38

square

#38AABB #8A38BB #BB4938 #69BB38

split-complementary

#38AABB #BB3869 #BB8A38

monochromatic

#1C545D #2A7F8C #38AABB #61C1D0 #90D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#38AABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AABB

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AABB	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3cf',
    500: '#38aabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aabb;
$custom-light: #81c3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6822,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AABB

secondary

#C88F86

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AABB

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

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