#38BA9C#38BA9C

#38BA9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA9C
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 156)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 16.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -42.13, 5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 42.43, 173.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.1192 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.12 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1875, 38.3560, 37.5220)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA9C #BA3856

analogous

#38BA5B #38BA9C #3897BA

triadic

#38BA9C #9C38BA #BA9C38

tetradic

#38BA9C #5B38BA #BA3856 #97BA38

square

#38BA9C #5B38BA #BA3856 #97BA38

split-complementary

#38BA9C #BA3897 #BA5B38

monochromatic

#1C5C4D #2A8B75 #38BA9C #60CFB6 #8FDDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#38BA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA9C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA9C	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb9',
    500: '#38ba9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba9c;
$custom-light: #80cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71148,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA9C

secondary

#C88695

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA9C

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

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