#38BAA5#38BAA5

#38BAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA5
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 11.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -39.80, 0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 39.80, 179.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.115 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.115 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9780, 38.6722, 41.6854)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA5 #BA384D

analogous

#38BA64 #38BAA5 #388EBA

triadic

#38BAA5 #A538BA #BAA538

tetradic

#38BAA5 #6438BA #BA384D #8EBA38

square

#38BAA5 #6438BA #BA384D #8EBA38

split-complementary

#38BAA5 #BA388E #BA6438

monochromatic

#1C5C52 #2A8B7B #38BAA5 #60CFBD #8FDDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#38BAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA5

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfbf',
    500: '#38baa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa5;
$custom-light: #81cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71414,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA5

secondary

#C88690

accent

#4B62DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA5

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

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