#38BAAA#38BAAA

#38BAAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAAA
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 170)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -38.46, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 38.51, 183.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1127 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.113 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4420, 38.8578, 44.1291)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAAA #BA3848

analogous

#38BA69 #38BAAA #3889BA

triadic

#38BAAA #AA38BA #BAAA38

tetradic

#38BAAA #6938BA #BA3848 #89BA38

square

#38BAAA #6938BA #BA3848 #89BA38

split-complementary

#38BAAA #BA3889 #BA6938

monochromatic

#1C5C54 #2A8B7F #38BAAA #60CFC1 #8FDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#38BAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAAA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAAA	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc3',
    500: '#38baaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baaa;
$custom-light: #81cfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAAA

secondary

#C8868E

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAAA

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

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