#38ACAB#38ACAB

#38ACAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.101 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACAB
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 171)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -31.66, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 32.90, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0979 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.101 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7308, 33.2834, 43.6938)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACAB #AC3839

analogous

#38AC71 #38ACAB #3873AC

triadic

#38ACAB #AB38AC #ACAB38

tetradic

#38ACAB #7138AC #AC3839 #73AC38

square

#38ACAB #7138AC #AC3839 #73AC38

split-complementary

#38ACAB #AC3873 #AC7138

monochromatic

#1A504F #297E7D #38ACAB #58C9C8 #87D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ACAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#38ACAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACAB

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACAB	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.101 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc5c4',
    500: '#38acab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acab;
$custom-light: #7fc5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.483,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68117,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACAB

secondary

#C27E7F

accent

#4D4FDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACAB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →