#38AB9E#38AB9E

#38AB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.103 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB9E
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 158)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 7.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -34.86, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 34.96, 184.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.1027 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.103 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3625, 32.4327, 37.4227)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB9E #AB3845

analogous

#38AB64 #38AB9E #387FAB

triadic

#38AB9E #9E38AB #AB9E38

tetradic

#38AB9E #6438AB #AB3845 #7FAB38

square

#38AB9E #6438AB #AB3845 #7FAB38

split-complementary

#38AB9E #AB387F #AB6438

monochromatic

#1A4F49 #297D73 #38AB9E #58C8BC #86D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#38AB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB9E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB9E	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.103 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4ba',
    500: '#38ab9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab9e;
$custom-light: #7ec4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67429,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB9E

secondary

#C17D85

accent

#4E5EDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB9E

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

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