#38BAA0#38BAA0

#38BAA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA0
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 14%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -41.10, 3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 41.22, 175.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1173 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.118 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5318, 38.4937, 39.3353)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA0 #BA3852

analogous

#38BA5F #38BAA0 #3893BA

triadic

#38BAA0 #A038BA #BAA038

tetradic

#38BAA0 #5F38BA #BA3852 #93BA38

square

#38BAA0 #5F38BA #BA3852 #93BA38

split-complementary

#38BAA0 #BA3893 #BA5F38

monochromatic

#1C5C4F #2A8B78 #38BAA0 #60CFB9 #8FDDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#38BAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA0

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA0	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbc',
    500: '#38baa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa0;
$custom-light: #80cfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71264,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA0

secondary

#C88693

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA0

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

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