#38BAA2#38BAA2

#38BAA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.116 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA2
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -40.59, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 40.64, 177.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1164 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.116 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7082, 38.5642, 40.2642)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA2 #BA3850

analogous

#38BA61 #38BAA2 #3891BA

triadic

#38BAA2 #A238BA #BAA238

tetradic

#38BAA2 #6138BA #BA3850 #91BA38

square

#38BAA2 #6138BA #BA3850 #91BA38

split-complementary

#38BAA2 #BA3891 #BA6138

monochromatic

#1C5C50 #2A8B79 #38BAA2 #60CFBB #8FDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#38BAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA2

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA2	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)

#B3AFA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.116 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfbd',
    500: '#38baa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa2;
$custom-light: #80cfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71323,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA2

secondary

#C88692

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA2

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

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