#38ABB5#38ABB5

#38ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB5
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -28.22, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 31.72, 207.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0925 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5306, 33.3000, 48.8418)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB5 #B54238

analogous

#38B581 #38ABB5 #386DB5

triadic

#38ABB5 #B538AB #ABB538

tetradic

#38ABB5 #8138B5 #B54238 #6DB538

square

#38ABB5 #8138B5 #B54238 #6DB538

split-complementary

#38ABB5 #B5386D #B58138

monochromatic

#1B5358 #2A7F86 #38ABB5 #5DC4CD #8CD5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#38ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB5

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB5	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4cb',
    500: '#38abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb5;
$custom-light: #80c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68234,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB5

secondary

#C68883

accent

#574CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB5

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

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