#38BAA8#38BAA8

#38BAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA8
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -39.00, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 39.01, 181.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1136 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.114 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2543, 38.7827, 43.1403)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA8 #BA384A

analogous

#38BA67 #38BAA8 #388BBA

triadic

#38BAA8 #A838BA #BAA838

tetradic

#38BAA8 #6738BA #BA384A #8BBA38

square

#38BAA8 #6738BA #BA384A #8BBA38

split-complementary

#38BAA8 #BA388B #BA6738

monochromatic

#1C5C53 #2A8B7E #38BAA8 #60CFC0 #8FDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc1',
    500: '#38baa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa8;
$custom-light: #81cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71506,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA8

secondary

#C8868F

accent

#4B5FDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA8

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

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