#38ABA5#38ABA5

#38ABA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA5
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -32.91, -6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 33.50, 190.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0995 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.101 190)
XYZ	xyz(22.9822, 32.6806, 40.6868)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA5 #AB383E

analogous

#38AB6C #38ABA5 #3877AB

triadic

#38ABA5 #A538AB #ABA538

tetradic

#38ABA5 #6C38AB #AB383E #77AB38

square

#38ABA5 #6C38AB #AB383E #77AB38

split-complementary

#38ABA5 #AB3877 #AB6C38

monochromatic

#1A4F4C #297D79 #38ABA5 #58C8C2 #86D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38ABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#38ABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA5

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA5	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4bf',
    500: '#38aba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba5;
$custom-light: #7fc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.87,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67661,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.32683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA5

secondary

#C17D81

accent

#4E55DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA5

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

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