#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
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 167)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 10.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -39.27, -0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 39.27, 180.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1141 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.114 181)
XYZ	xyz(26.1615, 38.7456, 42.6516)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38BAA7	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BAA7

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

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