#38ABA0#38ABA0

#38ABA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.102 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA0
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 160)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -34.31, -3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 34.51, 186.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.1018 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.102 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5360, 32.5021, 38.3367)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA0 #AB3843

analogous

#38AB67 #38ABA0 #387DAB

triadic

#38ABA0 #A038AB #ABA038

tetradic

#38ABA0 #6738AB #AB3843 #7DAB38

square

#38ABA0 #6738AB #AB3843 #7DAB38

split-complementary

#38ABA0 #AB387D #AB6738

monochromatic

#1A4F4A #297D75 #38ABA0 #58C8BE #86D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38ABA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#38ABA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA0

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA0	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.102 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4bc',
    500: '#38aba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba0;
$custom-light: #7ec4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.261,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67494,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA0

secondary

#C17D84

accent

#4E5BDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA0

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

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