#38ABA1#38ABA1

#38ABA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.102 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA1
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 161)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -34.03, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 34.29, 187.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.1013 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.102 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6238, 32.5372, 38.7993)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA1 #AB3842

analogous

#38AB68 #38ABA1 #387BAB

triadic

#38ABA1 #A138AB #ABA138

tetradic

#38ABA1 #6838AB #AB3842 #7BAB38

square

#38ABA1 #6838AB #AB3842 #7BAB38

split-complementary

#38ABA1 #AB387B #AB6838

monochromatic

#1A4F4A #297D76 #38ABA1 #58C8BF #86D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38ABA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#38ABA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA1

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA1	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.102 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4bc',
    500: '#38aba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba1;
$custom-light: #7ec4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67527,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA1

secondary

#C17D83

accent

#4E5ADA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA1

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

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