#38ABBB#38ABBB

#38ABBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.102 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABBB
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -26.40, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 31.68, 213.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.09 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.102 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1596, 33.5515, 52.1542)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABBB #BB4838

analogous

#38BB89 #38ABBB #386ABB

triadic

#38ABBB #BB38AB #ABBB38

tetradic

#38ABBB #8938BB #BB4838 #6ABB38

square

#38ABBB #8938BB #BB4838 #6ABB38

split-complementary

#38ABBB #BB386A #BB8938

monochromatic

#1C555D #2A808C #38ABBB #61C2D0 #90D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#38ABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABBB

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABBB	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.102 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4cf',
    500: '#38abbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abbb;
$custom-light: #81c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.328,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68464,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABBB

secondary

#C88E86

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABBB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →