#38ABA7#38ABA7

#38ABA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA7
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 167)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -32.34, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 33.15, 192.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0986 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.101 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1657, 32.7540, 41.6530)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA7 #AB383C

analogous

#38AB6E #38ABA7 #3876AB

triadic

#38ABA7 #A738AB #ABA738

tetradic

#38ABA7 #6E38AB #AB383C #76AB38

square

#38ABA7 #6E38AB #AB383C #76AB38

split-complementary

#38ABA7 #AB3876 #AB6E38

monochromatic

#1A4F4D #297D7A #38ABA7 #58C8C4 #86D7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38ABA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#38ABA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA7

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA7	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c1',
    500: '#38aba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba7;
$custom-light: #7fc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.913,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67729,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA7

secondary

#C17D80

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA7

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

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