#38ABAF#38ABAF

#38ABAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.100 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABAF
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -30.01, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 32.11, 200.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0951 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.1 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9282, 33.0590, 45.6691)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABAF #AF3C38

analogous

#38AF78 #38ABAF #386FAF

triadic

#38ABAF #AF38AB #ABAF38

tetradic

#38ABAF #7838AF #AF3C38 #6FAF38

square

#38ABAF #7838AF #AF3C38 #6FAF38

split-complementary

#38ABAF #AF386F #AF7838

monochromatic

#1A5052 #297E81 #38ABAF #5AC6CA #88D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#38ABAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#38ABAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABAF

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABAF	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.100 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc4c6',
    500: '#38abaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abaf;
$custom-light: #7fc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.017,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABAF

secondary

#C38280

accent

#524DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABAF

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

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