#38ABC0#38ABC0

#38ABC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.104 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABC0
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -24.85, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 31.91, 218.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0879 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.104 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7042, 33.7694, 55.0224)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABC0 #C04D38

analogous

#38C091 #38ABC0 #3867C0

triadic

#38ABC0 #C038AB #ABC038

tetradic

#38ABC0 #9138C0 #C04D38 #67C038

square

#38ABC0 #9138C0 #C04D38 #67C038

split-complementary

#38ABC0 #C03867 #C09138

monochromatic

#1C5761 #2A8191 #38ABC0 #64C1D2 #93D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#38ABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC0

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABC0	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)

#9BA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.104 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d3',
    500: '#38abc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abc0;
$custom-light: #81c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68662,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABC0

secondary

#CB9389

accent

#614ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC0

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

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