#38AB9D#38AB9D

#38AB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.103 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB9D
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 157)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -35.13, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 35.20, 183.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.1032 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.103 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2767, 32.3984, 36.9712)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB9D #AB3846

analogous

#38AB64 #38AB9D #387FAB

triadic

#38AB9D #9D38AB #AB9D38

tetradic

#38AB9D #6438AB #AB3846 #7FAB38

square

#38AB9D #6438AB #AB3846 #7FAB38

split-complementary

#38AB9D #AB387F #AB6438

monochromatic

#1A4F48 #297D73 #38AB9D #58C8BB #86D7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#38AB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB9D

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB9D	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.103 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4b9',
    500: '#38ab9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab9d;
$custom-light: #7ec4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67397,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB9D

secondary

#C17D86

accent

#4E5FDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB9D

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

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