#38AB97#38AB97

#38AB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.106 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB97
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 151)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 11.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -36.75, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 36.76, 178.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.106 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.106 179)
XYZ	xyz(21.7770, 32.1985, 34.3394)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB97 #AB384C

analogous

#38AB5D #38AB97 #3886AB

triadic

#38AB97 #9738AB #AB9738

tetradic

#38AB97 #5D38AB #AB384C #86AB38

square

#38AB97 #5D38AB #AB384C #86AB38

split-complementary

#38AB97 #AB3886 #AB5D38

monochromatic

#1A4F46 #297D6E #38AB97 #58C8B5 #86D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#38AB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB97

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB97	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.106 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b5',
    500: '#38ab97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab97;
$custom-light: #7ec4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67209,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.32201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB97

secondary

#C17D89

accent

#4E66DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB97

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

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