#38AB9B#38AB9B

#38AB9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.104 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB9B
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 155)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 9.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -35.68, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 35.69, 181.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.1041 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.104 182)
XYZ	xyz(22.1074, 32.3307, 36.0793)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB9B #AB3848

analogous

#38AB62 #38AB9B #3882AB

triadic

#38AB9B #9B38AB #AB9B38

tetradic

#38AB9B #6238AB #AB3848 #82AB38

square

#38AB9B #6238AB #AB3848 #82AB38

split-complementary

#38AB9B #AB3882 #AB6238

monochromatic

#1A4F47 #297D71 #38AB9B #58C8B9 #86D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#38AB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB9B

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB9B	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.104 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b8',
    500: '#38ab9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab9b;
$custom-light: #7ec4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.652,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67333,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.32333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB9B

secondary

#C17D87

accent

#4E61DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB9B

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

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