#38AABC#38AABC

#38AABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AABC
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -25.59, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 31.56, 215.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0885 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.102 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0788, 33.2182, 52.6572)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AABC #BC4A38

analogous

#38BC8C #38AABC #3868BC

triadic

#38AABC #BC38AA #AABC38

tetradic

#38AABC #8C38BC #BC4A38 #68BC38

square

#38AABC #8C38BC #BC4A38 #68BC38

split-complementary

#38AABC #BC3868 #BC8C38

monochromatic

#1C555E #2A7F8D #38AABC #61C1D0 #90D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#38AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AABC

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AABC	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)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3d0',
    500: '#38aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aabc;
$custom-light: #81c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68259,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AABC

secondary

#C99087

accent

#5E4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AABC

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

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