#38AB8F#38AB8F

#38AB8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.111 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB8F
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 143)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 16.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -38.82, 5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 39.16, 172.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.1098 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.111 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1493, 31.9474, 31.0331)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB8F #AB3854

analogous

#38AB55 #38AB8F #388EAB

triadic

#38AB8F #8F38AB #AB8F38

tetradic

#38AB8F #5538AB #AB3854 #8EAB38

square

#38AB8F #5538AB #AB3854 #8EAB38

split-complementary

#38AB8F #AB388E #AB5538

monochromatic

#1A4F42 #297D68 #38AB8F #58C8AD #86D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#38AB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#38AB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB8F

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB8F	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.111 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5af',
    500: '#38ab8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab8f;
$custom-light: #7dc5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.391,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66971,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB8F

secondary

#C17D8E

accent

#4E70DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB8F

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

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