#38ABB9#38ABB9

#38ABB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABB9
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -27.01, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 31.65, 211.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0908 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.102 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9470, 33.4665, 51.0344)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABB9 #B94638

analogous

#38B987 #38ABB9 #386AB9

triadic

#38ABB9 #B938AB #ABB938

tetradic

#38ABB9 #8738B9 #B94638 #6AB938

square

#38ABB9 #8738B9 #B94638 #6AB938

split-complementary

#38ABB9 #B9386A #B98738

monochromatic

#1C545B #2A808A #38ABB9 #5FC3CF #8ED4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38ABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#38ABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABB9

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABB9	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)

#9DA4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4ce',
    500: '#38abb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abb9;
$custom-light: #80c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68386,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABB9

secondary

#C88C85

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABB9

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

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