#38BA9E#38BA9E

#38BA9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA9E
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 158)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -41.62, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 41.82, 174.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1183 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.119 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3583, 38.4243, 38.4213)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA9E #BA3854

analogous

#38BA5D #38BA9E #3895BA

triadic

#38BA9E #9E38BA #BA9E38

tetradic

#38BA9E #5D38BA #BA3854 #95BA38

square

#38BA9E #5D38BA #BA3854 #95BA38

split-complementary

#38BA9E #BA3895 #BA5D38

monochromatic

#1C5C4E #2A8B76 #38BA9E #60CFB7 #8FDDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38BA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA9E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA9E	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfba',
    500: '#38ba9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba9e;
$custom-light: #80cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA9E

secondary

#C88694

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA9E

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

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