#38BAA1#38BAA1

#38BAA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA1
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 161)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 13.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -40.85, 2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 40.92, 176.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1169 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.117 177)
XYZ	xyz(25.6196, 38.5288, 39.7979)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA1 #BA3851

analogous

#38BA60 #38BAA1 #3892BA

triadic

#38BAA1 #A138BA #BAA138

tetradic

#38BAA1 #6038BA #BA3851 #92BA38

square

#38BAA1 #6038BA #BA3851 #92BA38

split-complementary

#38BAA1 #BA3892 #BA6038

monochromatic

#1C5C50 #2A8B78 #38BAA1 #60CFBA #8FDDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BAA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#38BAA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA1

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA1	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AEA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbc',
    500: '#38baa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa1;
$custom-light: #80cfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71294,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.38532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA1

secondary

#C88693

accent

#4B67DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA1

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

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