#38ACBA#38ACBA

#38ACBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACBA
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 7.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -27.20, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 31.84, 211.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0914 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.102 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2425, 33.8881, 51.6555)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACBA #BA4638

analogous

#38BA87 #38ACBA #386BBA

triadic

#38ACBA #BA38AC #ACBA38

tetradic

#38ACBA #8738BA #BA4638 #6BBA38

square

#38ACBA #8738BA #BA4638 #6BBA38

split-complementary

#38ACBA #BA386B #BA8738

monochromatic

#1C555C #2A818B #38ACBA #60C3CF #8FD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38ACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#38ACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACBA

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACBA	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5ce',
    500: '#38acba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acba;
$custom-light: #81c5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68669,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACBA

secondary

#C88D86

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACBA

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

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