#38BAB1#38BAB1

#38BAB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB1
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 177)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -36.53, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 36.96, 188.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1095 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.111 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1219, 39.1297, 47.7098)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB1 #BA3841

analogous

#38BA70 #38BAB1 #3882BA

triadic

#38BAB1 #B138BA #BAB138

tetradic

#38BAB1 #7038BA #BA3841 #82BA38

square

#38BAB1 #7038BA #BA3841 #82BA38

split-complementary

#38BAB1 #BA3882 #BA7038

monochromatic

#1C5C57 #2A8B84 #38BAB1 #60CFC7 #8FDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BAB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#38BAB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB1

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB1	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfc8',
    500: '#38bab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab1;
$custom-light: #81cfc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71794,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB1

secondary

#C8868A

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB1

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

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