#38BAB0#38BAB0

#38BAB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB0
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 176)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -36.81, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 37.17, 187.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.11 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.111 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0226, 39.0900, 47.1868)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB0 #BA3842

analogous

#38BA6F #38BAB0 #3883BA

triadic

#38BAB0 #B038BA #BAB038

tetradic

#38BAB0 #6F38BA #BA3842 #83BA38

square

#38BAB0 #6F38BA #BA3842 #83BA38

split-complementary

#38BAB0 #BA3883 #BA6F38

monochromatic

#1C5C57 #2A8B83 #38BAB0 #60CFC7 #8FDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#38BAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB0

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB0	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc7',
    500: '#38bab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab0;
$custom-light: #81cfc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB0

secondary

#C8868B

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB0

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

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