#38ABB4#38ABB4

#38ABB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB4
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 180)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -28.52, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 31.76, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0929 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4284, 33.2591, 48.3034)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB4 #B44138

analogous

#38B47F #38ABB4 #386DB4

triadic

#38ABB4 #B438AB #ABB438

tetradic

#38ABB4 #7F38B4 #B44138 #6DB438

square

#38ABB4 #7F38B4 #B44138 #6DB438

split-complementary

#38ABB4 #B4386D #B47F38

monochromatic

#1B5257 #297F85 #38ABB4 #5DC4CD #8BD5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ABB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#38ABB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB4

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB4	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4ca',
    500: '#38abb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb4;
$custom-light: #80c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68196,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB4

secondary

#C58782

accent

#564CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB4

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

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