#38BAA7#38BAA7

#38BAA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAA7
RGBrgb(56, 186, 167)
HSLhsl(171, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(171, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 0%, 10.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.57, -39.27, -0.53)
CIE-LCHlch(68.57, 39.27, 180.78°)
OKLaboklab(71.47% -0.1141 -0.0021)
OKLCHoklch(71.47% 0.114 181)
XYZxyz(26.1615, 38.7456, 42.6516)
Luminance0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAA7 #BA384B
analogous
#38BA66 #38BAA7 #388CBA
triadic
#38BAA7 #A738BA #BAA738
tetradic
#38BAA7 #6638BA #BA384B #8CBA38
square
#38BAA7 #6638BA #BA384B #8CBA38
split-complementary
#38BAA7 #BA388C #BA6638
monochromatic
#1C5C53 #2A8B7D #38BAA7 #60CFBF #8FDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#38BAA7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75
#38BAA7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA7
8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAA7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAA71.002.408.758.75
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7521.001.001.00
##0000008.7521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2AFA6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA2A9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38baa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 181.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc1',
    500: '#38baa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38baa7;
$custom-light: #81cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38baa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71475,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.38749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAA7
secondary
#C8868F
accent
#4B60DD
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

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#38BAA7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva