#38AB94#38AB94

#38AB94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.108 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB94
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 148)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 13.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -37.54, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 37.62, 176.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.1074 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.108 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5365, 32.1023, 33.0726)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB94 #AB384F

analogous

#38AB5B #38AB94 #3889AB

triadic

#38AB94 #9438AB #AB9438

tetradic

#38AB94 #5B38AB #AB384F #89AB38

square

#38AB94 #5B38AB #AB384F #89AB38

split-complementary

#38AB94 #AB3889 #AB5B38

monochromatic

#1A4F44 #297D6C #38AB94 #58C8B2 #86D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38AB94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#38AB94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB94

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB94	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.108 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4b3',
    500: '#38ab94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab94;
$custom-light: #7dc4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67118,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB94

secondary

#C17D8B

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB94

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

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