#38ABBA#38ABBA

#38ABBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABBA
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -26.70, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 31.66, 212.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0904 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.102 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0529, 33.5089, 51.5923)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABBA #BA4738

analogous

#38BA88 #38ABBA #386ABA

triadic

#38ABBA #BA38AB #ABBA38

tetradic

#38ABBA #8838BA #BA4738 #6ABA38

square

#38ABBA #8838BA #BA4738 #6ABA38

split-complementary

#38ABBA #BA386A #BA8838

monochromatic

#1C555C #2A808B #38ABBA #60C2CF #8FD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#38ABBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#38ABBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABBA

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABBA	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4ce',
    500: '#38abba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abba;
$custom-light: #81c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68425,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABBA

secondary

#C88D86

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABBA

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

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