#38ABAC#38ABAC

#38ABAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABAC
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -30.89, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 32.44, 197.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0964 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.1 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6369, 32.9424, 44.1345)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABAC #AC3938

analogous

#38AC73 #38ABAC #3871AC

triadic

#38ABAC #AC38AB #ABAC38

tetradic

#38ABAC #7338AC #AC3938 #71AC38

square

#38ABAC #7338AC #AC3938 #71AC38

split-complementary

#38ABAC #AC3871 #AC7338

monochromatic

#1A4F50 #297D7E #38ABAC #58C8C9 #87D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#38ABAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#38ABAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABAC

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABAC	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c4',
    500: '#38abac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abac;
$custom-light: #7fc4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67904,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABAC

secondary

#C27F7E

accent

#4F4DDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABAC

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

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