#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
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -37.64, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 37.81, 185.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1113 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.112 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7291, 38.9726, 45.6408)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38BAAD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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