#38AFBA#38AFBA

#38AFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.103 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFBA
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -28.69, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 32.45, 207.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0944 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.103 204)
XYZ	xyz(25.8199, 35.0429, 51.8480)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFBA #BA4338

analogous

#38BA84 #38AFBA #386EBA

triadic

#38AFBA #BA38AF #AFBA38

tetradic

#38AFBA #8438BA #BA4338 #6EBA38

square

#38AFBA #8438BA #BA4338 #6EBA38

split-complementary

#38AFBA #BA386E #BA8438

monochromatic

#1C565C #2A838B #38AFBA #60C6CF #8FD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38AFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#38AFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFBA

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFBA	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.103 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7ce',
    500: '#38afba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afba;
$custom-light: #81c7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.35046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFBA

secondary

#C88B86

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFBA

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

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