#38BAA9#38BAA9

#38BAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.113 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAA9
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -38.73, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 38.76, 182.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1132 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.113 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3478, 38.8201, 43.6328)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAA9 #BA3849

analogous

#38BA68 #38BAA9 #388ABA

triadic

#38BAA9 #A938BA #BAA938

tetradic

#38BAA9 #6838BA #BA3849 #8ABA38

square

#38BAA9 #6838BA #BA3849 #8ABA38

split-complementary

#38BAA9 #BA388A #BA6838

monochromatic

#1C5C54 #2A8B7E #38BAA9 #60CFC1 #8FDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38BAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38BAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAA9

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAA9	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)

#B1AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.113 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc2',
    500: '#38baa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baa9;
$custom-light: #81cfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71537,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAA9

secondary

#C8868E

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAA9

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

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