#38ABB7#38ABB7

#38ABB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB7
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 183)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 6.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -27.62, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 31.66, 209.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0916 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.101 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7373, 33.3826, 49.9303)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB7 #B74438

analogous

#38B784 #38ABB7 #386CB7

triadic

#38ABB7 #B738AB #ABB738

tetradic

#38ABB7 #8438B7 #B74438 #6CB738

square

#38ABB7 #8438B7 #B74438 #6CB738

split-complementary

#38ABB7 #B7386C #B78438

monochromatic

#1B5359 #2A7F88 #38ABB7 #5EC3CE #8DD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ABB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#38ABB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB7

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB7	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B97B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4cc',
    500: '#38abb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb7;
$custom-light: #80c4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68309,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB7

secondary

#C78A84

accent

#594BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB7

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

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