#38BAA4#38BAA4

#38BAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA4
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 11.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -40.06, 1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 40.07, 178.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1155 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.115 179)
XYZ	xyz(25.8874, 38.6359, 41.2079)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA4 #BA384E

analogous

#38BA63 #38BAA4 #388FBA

triadic

#38BAA4 #A438BA #BAA438

tetradic

#38BAA4 #6338BA #BA384E #8FBA38

square

#38BAA4 #6338BA #BA384E #8FBA38

split-complementary

#38BAA4 #BA388F #BA6338

monochromatic

#1C5C51 #2A8B7B #38BAA4 #60CFBC #8FDDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38BAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38BAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA4

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA4	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfbe',
    500: '#38baa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa4;
$custom-light: #81cfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA4

secondary

#C88691

accent

#4B63DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA4

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

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