#38AB9F#38AB9F

#38AB9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB9F
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 159)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -34.58, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 34.73, 185.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.1023 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.103 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4489, 32.4673, 37.8779)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB9F #AB3844

analogous

#38AB66 #38AB9F #387EAB

triadic

#38AB9F #9F38AB #AB9F38

tetradic

#38AB9F #6638AB #AB3844 #7EAB38

square

#38AB9F #6638AB #AB3844 #7EAB38

split-complementary

#38AB9F #AB387E #AB6638

monochromatic

#1A4F49 #297D74 #38AB9F #58C8BD #86D7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#38AB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB9F

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB9F	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)

#A2A29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9295A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4bb',
    500: '#38ab9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab9f;
$custom-light: #7ec4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.739,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67461,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB9F

secondary

#C17D85

accent

#4E5CDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB9F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →