#38BA9D#38BA9D

#38BA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA9D
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 15.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -41.87, 4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 42.12, 173.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.1187 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.119 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2725, 38.3900, 37.9698)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA9D #BA3855

analogous

#38BA5C #38BA9D #3896BA

triadic

#38BA9D #9D38BA #BA9D38

tetradic

#38BA9D #5C38BA #BA3855 #96BA38

square

#38BA9D #5C38BA #BA3855 #96BA38

split-complementary

#38BA9D #BA3896 #BA5C38

monochromatic

#1C5C4E #2A8B75 #38BA9D #60CFB6 #8FDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#38BA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA9D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA9D	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfb9',
    500: '#38ba9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba9d;
$custom-light: #80cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA9D

secondary

#C88695

accent

#4B6BDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA9D

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

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