#38ABBC#38ABBC

#38ABBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABBC
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -26.09, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 31.70, 214.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0895 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.103 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2670, 33.5945, 52.7199)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABBC #BC4938

analogous

#38BC8B #38ABBC #3869BC

triadic

#38ABBC #BC38AB #ABBC38

tetradic

#38ABBC #8B38BC #BC4938 #69BC38

square

#38ABBC #8B38BC #BC4938 #69BC38

split-complementary

#38ABBC #BC3869 #BC8B38

monochromatic

#1C555E #2A808D #38ABBC #61C2D0 #90D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#38ABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABBC

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABBC	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d0',
    500: '#38abbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abbc;
$custom-light: #81c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68503,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABBC

secondary

#C98F87

accent

#5D4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABBC

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

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