#38AB89#38AB89

#38AB89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB89
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 137)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -40.32, 8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 41.15, 168.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.1126 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.115 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7068, 31.7704, 28.7031)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB89 #AB385A

analogous

#38AB50 #38AB89 #3894AB

triadic

#38AB89 #8938AB #AB8938

tetradic

#38AB89 #5038AB #AB385A #94AB38

square

#38AB89 #5038AB #AB385A #94AB38

split-complementary

#38AB89 #AB3894 #AB5038

monochromatic

#1A4F3F #297D64 #38AB89 #58C8A7 #86D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38AB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#38AB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB89

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB89	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ab',
    500: '#38ab89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab89;
$custom-light: #7dc5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.261,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB89

secondary

#C17D92

accent

#4E77DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB89

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

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