#38AB9C#38AB9C

#38AB9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.104 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB9C
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 156)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 8.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -35.40, -1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 35.44, 182.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.1036 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.104 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1917, 32.3644, 36.5234)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB9C #AB3847

analogous

#38AB63 #38AB9C #3881AB

triadic

#38AB9C #9C38AB #AB9C38

tetradic

#38AB9C #6338AB #AB3847 #81AB38

square

#38AB9C #6338AB #AB3847 #81AB38

split-complementary

#38AB9C #AB3881 #AB6338

monochromatic

#1A4F48 #297D72 #38AB9C #58C8BA #86D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#38AB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB9C

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB9C	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)

#A3A19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.104 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b9',
    500: '#38ab9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab9c;
$custom-light: #7ec4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67365,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB9C

secondary

#C17D86

accent

#4E60DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB9C

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

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