#38BAAB#38BAAB

#38BAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAAB
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -38.19, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 38.27, 183.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1122 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.112 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5370, 38.8958, 44.6292)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAAB #BA3847

analogous

#38BA6A #38BAAB #3888BA

triadic

#38BAAB #AB38BA #BAAB38

tetradic

#38BAAB #6A38BA #BA3847 #88BA38

square

#38BAAB #6A38BA #BA3847 #88BA38

split-complementary

#38BAAB #BA3888 #BA6A38

monochromatic

#1C5C55 #2A8B80 #38BAAB #60CFC2 #8FDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#38BAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAAB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAAB	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 183.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.716,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAAB

secondary

#C8868D

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAAB

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

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