#38ABB6#38ABB6

#38ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB6
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -27.92, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 31.69, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0921 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6336, 33.3411, 49.3841)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB6 #B64338

analogous

#38B682 #38ABB6 #386CB6

triadic

#38ABB6 #B638AB #ABB638

tetradic

#38ABB6 #8238B6 #B64338 #6CB638

square

#38ABB6 #8238B6 #B64338 #6CB638

split-complementary

#38ABB6 #B6386C #B68238

monochromatic

#1B5358 #2A7F87 #38ABB6 #5EC4CD #8DD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#38ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB6

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB6	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B96B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4cb',
    500: '#38abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb6;
$custom-light: #80c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68271,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB6

secondary

#C68984

accent

#584BDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB6

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

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