#38ABBF#38ABBF

#38ABBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.104 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABBF
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -25.16, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 31.85, 217.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0883 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.104 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5938, 33.7252, 54.4409)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABBF #BF4C38

analogous

#38BF8F #38ABBF #3867BF

triadic

#38ABBF #BF38AB #ABBF38

tetradic

#38ABBF #8F38BF #BF4C38 #67BF38

square

#38ABBF #8F38BF #BF4C38 #67BF38

split-complementary

#38ABBF #BF3867 #BF8F38

monochromatic

#1C5660 #2A8190 #38ABBF #63C1D1 #92D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ABBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38ABBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABBF

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABBF	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.104 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d2',
    500: '#38abbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abbf;
$custom-light: #81c4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68622,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABBF

secondary

#CA9289

accent

#604ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABBF

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

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