#38BAAD#38BAAD

#38BAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAAD
RGBrgb(56, 186, 173)
HSLhsl(174, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.73, -37.64, -3.59)
CIE-LCHlch(68.73, 37.81, 185.45°)
OKLaboklab(71.66% -0.1113 -0.0103)
OKLCHoklch(71.66% 0.112 185.3)
XYZxyz(26.7291, 38.9726, 45.6408)
Luminance0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAAD #BA3845
analogous
#38BA6C #38BAAD #3886BA
triadic
#38BAAD #AD38BA #BAAD38
tetradic
#38BAAD #6C38BA #BA3845 #86BA38
square
#38BAAD #6C38BA #BA3845 #86BA38
split-complementary
#38BAAD #BA3886 #BA6C38
monochromatic
#1C5C55 #2A8B81 #38BAAD #60CFC4 #8FDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#38BAAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80
#38BAAD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAAD
8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAAD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAAD1.002.398.808.80
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8021.001.001.00
##0000008.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1B0AD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA2AE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38baad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 185.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc5',
    500: '#38baad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38baad;
$custom-light: #81cfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38baad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAAD
secondary
#C8868C
accent
#4B59DD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAAD

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