#38BA9B#38BA9B

#38BA9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA9B
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 155)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 16.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -42.38, 5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 42.75, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1197 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.121 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1032, 38.3222, 37.0779)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA9B #BA3857

analogous

#38BA5A #38BA9B #3898BA

triadic

#38BA9B #9B38BA #BA9B38

tetradic

#38BA9B #5A38BA #BA3857 #98BA38

square

#38BA9B #5A38BA #BA3857 #98BA38

split-complementary

#38BA9B #BA3898 #BA5A38

monochromatic

#1C5C4D #2A8B74 #38BA9B #60CFB5 #8FDDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#38BA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA9B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA9B	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb8',
    500: '#38ba9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba9b;
$custom-light: #80cfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA9B

secondary

#C88696

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA9B

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

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