#38ABB2#38ABB2

#38ABB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB2
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 178)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -29.12, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 31.87, 203.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0938 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(24.2261, 33.1782, 47.2381)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB2 #B23F38

analogous

#38B27C #38ABB2 #386EB2

triadic

#38ABB2 #B238AB #ABB238

tetradic

#38ABB2 #7C38B2 #B23F38 #6EB238

square

#38ABB2 #7C38B2 #B23F38 #6EB238

split-complementary

#38ABB2 #B2386E #B27C38

monochromatic

#1B5255 #297E83 #38ABB2 #5CC5CC #8AD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38ABB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#38ABB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB2

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB2	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4c9',
    500: '#38abb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb2;
$custom-light: #80c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.443,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68122,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.33181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB2

secondary

#C58581

accent

#544CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB2

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

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