#38ABA9#38ABA9

#38ABA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.100 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABA9
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -31.76, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 32.84, 194.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0977 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.1 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3520, 32.8285, 42.6342)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABA9 #AB383A

analogous

#38AB70 #38ABA9 #3873AB

triadic

#38ABA9 #A938AB #ABA938

tetradic

#38ABA9 #7038AB #AB383A #73AB38

square

#38ABA9 #7038AB #AB383A #73AB38

split-complementary

#38ABA9 #AB3873 #AB7038

monochromatic

#1A4F4E #297D7B #38ABA9 #58C8C6 #86D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#38ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABA9

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABA9	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.100 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c2',
    500: '#38aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aba9;
$custom-light: #7fc4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.957,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67798,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABA9

secondary

#C17D7F

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABA9

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

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