#38BA9F#38BA9F

#38BA9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BA9F
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 14.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -41.36, 3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 41.51, 175.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.1178 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.118 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4447, 38.4588, 38.8765)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BA9F #BA3853

analogous

#38BA5E #38BA9F #3894BA

triadic

#38BA9F #9F38BA #BA9F38

tetradic

#38BA9F #5E38BA #BA3853 #94BA38

square

#38BA9F #5E38BA #BA3853 #94BA38

split-complementary

#38BA9F #BA3894 #BA5E38

monochromatic

#1C5C4F #2A8B77 #38BA9F #60CFB8 #8FDDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38BA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38BA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BA9F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BA9F	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)

#B3AE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ba9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbb',
    500: '#38ba9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ba9f;
$custom-light: #80cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ba9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71235,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BA9F

secondary

#C88694

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BA9F

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

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