#38ABB8#38ABB8

#38ABB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB8
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -27.31, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 31.65, 210.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0912 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.101 206)
XYZ	xyz(24.8418, 33.4244, 50.4804)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB8 #B84538

analogous

#38B885 #38ABB8 #386BB8

triadic

#38ABB8 #B838AB #ABB838

tetradic

#38ABB8 #8538B8 #B84538 #6BB838

square

#38ABB8 #8538B8 #B84538 #6BB838

split-complementary

#38ABB8 #B8386B #B88538

monochromatic

#1B545A #2A7F89 #38ABB8 #5FC3CE #8ED5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38ABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#38ABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB8

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB8	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4cd',
    500: '#38abb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb8;
$custom-light: #80c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68348,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.33427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB8

secondary

#C78B85

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB8

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

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