#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
RGBrgb(56, 186, 169)
HSLhsl(172, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(172, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.62, -38.73, -1.55)
CIE-LCHlch(68.62, 38.76, 182.30°)
OKLaboklab(71.54% -0.1132 -0.0048)
OKLCHoklch(71.54% 0.113 182.4)
XYZxyz(26.3478, 38.8201, 43.6328)
Luminance0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38BAA91.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

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

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#38BAA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva