#38ABA3#38ABA3

#38ABA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.102 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA3
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 163)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -33.47, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 33.88, 188.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.1004 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.102 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8016, 32.6083, 39.7356)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA3 #AB3840

analogous

#38AB6A #38ABA3 #387AAB

triadic

#38ABA3 #A338AB #ABA338

tetradic

#38ABA3 #6A38AB #AB3840 #7AAB38

square

#38ABA3 #6A38AB #AB3840 #7AAB38

split-complementary

#38ABA3 #AB387A #AB6A38

monochromatic

#1A4F4B #297D77 #38ABA3 #58C8C0 #86D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38ABA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#38ABA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA3

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA3	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.102 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4be',
    500: '#38aba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba3;
$custom-light: #7ec4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.826,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67593,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA3

secondary

#C17D82

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA3

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

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