#38ABBD#38ABBD

#38ABBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABBD
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -25.78, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 31.74, 215.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0891 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.103 210)
XYZ	xyz(25.3752, 33.6378, 53.2896)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABBD #BD4A38

analogous

#38BD8C #38ABBD #3869BD

triadic

#38ABBD #BD38AB #ABBD38

tetradic

#38ABBD #8C38BD #BD4A38 #69BD38

square

#38ABBD #8C38BD #BD4A38 #69BD38

split-complementary

#38ABBD #BD3869 #BD8C38

monochromatic

#1C565F #2A808E #38ABBD #62C1D0 #91D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#38ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABBD

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABBD	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 210.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68542,
    "c": 0.10293,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.33641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABBD

secondary

#C99087

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABBD

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

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