#38ABA6#38ABA6

#38ABA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA6
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -32.62, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 33.32, 191.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0991 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.101 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0736, 32.7171, 41.1680)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA6 #AB383D

analogous

#38AB6C #38ABA6 #3877AB

triadic

#38ABA6 #A638AB #ABA638

tetradic

#38ABA6 #6C38AB #AB383D #77AB38

square

#38ABA6 #6C38AB #AB383D #77AB38

split-complementary

#38ABA6 #AB3877 #AB6C38

monochromatic

#1A4F4C #297D79 #38ABA6 #58C8C3 #86D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38ABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#38ABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA6

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA6	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A1A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c0',
    500: '#38aba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba6;
$custom-light: #7fc4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67695,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA6

secondary

#C17D80

accent

#4E54DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA6

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

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