#38BAAC#38BAAC

#38BAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAAC
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -37.91, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 38.04, 184.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1118 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.112 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6327, 38.9340, 45.1331)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAAC #BA3846

analogous

#38BA6B #38BAAC #3887BA

triadic

#38BAAC #AC38BA #BAAC38

tetradic

#38BAAC #6B38BA #BA3846 #87BA38

square

#38BAAC #6B38BA #BA3846 #87BA38

split-complementary

#38BAAC #BA3887 #BA6B38

monochromatic

#1C5C55 #2A8B81 #38BAAC #60CFC3 #8FDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#38BAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAAC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAAC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc4',
    500: '#38baac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baac;
$custom-light: #81cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71632,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAAC

secondary

#C8868D

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAAC

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

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