#38BAA3#38BAA3

#38BAA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA3
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 12.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -40.32, 1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 40.35, 177.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1159 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.116 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7974, 38.5999, 40.7342)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA3 #BA384F

analogous

#38BA62 #38BAA3 #3890BA

triadic

#38BAA3 #A338BA #BAA338

tetradic

#38BAA3 #6238BA #BA384F #90BA38

square

#38BAA3 #6238BA #BA384F #90BA38

split-complementary

#38BAA3 #BA3890 #BA6238

monochromatic

#1C5C51 #2A8B7A #38BAA3 #60CFBB #8FDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38BAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA3

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA3	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfbe',
    500: '#38baa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa3;
$custom-light: #81cfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA3

secondary

#C88691

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA3

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

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