#38ABBE#38ABBE

#38ABBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.103 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABBE
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -25.47, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 31.79, 216.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0887 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.103 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4841, 33.6813, 53.8633)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABBE #BE4B38

analogous

#38BE8E #38ABBE #3868BE

triadic

#38ABBE #BE38AB #ABBE38

tetradic

#38ABBE #8E38BE #BE4B38 #68BE38

square

#38ABBE #8E38BE #BE4B38 #68BE38

split-complementary

#38ABBE #BE3868 #BE8E38

monochromatic

#1C565F #2A808F #38ABBE #62C1D1 #92D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#38ABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABBE

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABBE	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.103 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d1',
    500: '#38abbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abbe;
$custom-light: #81c4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.507,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68582,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABBE

secondary

#CA9188

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABBE

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

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