#38ABA4#38ABA4

#38ABA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.101 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA4
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -33.19, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 33.69, 189.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.1 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.101 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8916, 32.6443, 40.2093)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA4 #AB383F

analogous

#38AB6B #38ABA4 #3879AB

triadic

#38ABA4 #A438AB #ABA438

tetradic

#38ABA4 #6B38AB #AB383F #79AB38

square

#38ABA4 #6B38AB #AB383F #79AB38

split-complementary

#38ABA4 #AB3879 #AB6B38

monochromatic

#1A4F4C #297D78 #38ABA4 #58C8C1 #86D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38ABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#38ABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA4

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA4	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.101 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec4be',
    500: '#38aba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba4;
$custom-light: #7ec4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.348,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67627,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA4

secondary

#C17D82

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA4

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

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