#38ABB1#38ABB1

#38ABB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.100 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB1
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 177)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -29.42, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 31.94, 202.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0942 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.1 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1261, 33.1381, 46.7112)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB1 #B13E38

analogous

#38B17A #38ABB1 #386EB1

triadic

#38ABB1 #B138AB #ABB138

tetradic

#38ABB1 #7A38B1 #B13E38 #6EB138

square

#38ABB1 #7A38B1 #B13E38 #6EB138

split-complementary

#38ABB1 #B1386E #B17A38

monochromatic

#1B5154 #297E83 #38ABB1 #5BC6CB #8AD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38ABB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38ABB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB1

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB1	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D96B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.100 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4c8',
    500: '#38abb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb1;
$custom-light: #80c4c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68085,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB1

secondary

#C48481

accent

#544CDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB1

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

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