#38ABC1#38ABC1

#38ABC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.105 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ABC1
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 193)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 11.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -24.53, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 31.99, 219.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0875 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.105 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8154, 33.8138, 55.6079)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ABC1 #C14E38

analogous

#38C193 #38ABC1 #3867C1

triadic

#38ABC1 #C138AB #ABC138

tetradic

#38ABC1 #9338C1 #C14E38 #67C138

square

#38ABC1 #9338C1 #C14E38 #67C138

split-complementary

#38ABC1 #C13867 #C19338

monochromatic

#1C5762 #2A8192 #38ABC1 #64C0D2 #94D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ABC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#38ABC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ABC1

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ABC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ABC1	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8797C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38abc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.105 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4d3',
    500: '#38abc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38abc1;
$custom-light: #81c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38abc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68702,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ABC1

secondary

#CB948A

accent

#6149DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ABC1

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

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