#38BAAF#38BAAF

#38BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAAF
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -37.09, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 37.38, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.1104 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.111 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9240, 39.0506, 46.6677)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAAF #BA3843

analogous

#38BA6E #38BAAF #3884BA

triadic

#38BAAF #AF38BA #BAAF38

tetradic

#38BAAF #6E38BA #BA3843 #84BA38

square

#38BAAF #6E38BA #BA3843 #84BA38

split-complementary

#38BAAF #BA3884 #BA6E38

monochromatic

#1C5C56 #2A8B83 #38BAAF #60CFC6 #8FDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAAF

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAAF	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc6',
    500: '#38baaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baaf;
$custom-light: #81cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAAF

secondary

#C8868B

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAAF

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

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