#38BAB2#38BAB2

#38BAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB2
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -36.25, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 36.77, 189.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1091 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.11 189)
XYZ	xyz(27.2219, 39.1697, 48.2367)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB2 #BA3840

analogous

#38BA71 #38BAB2 #3881BA

triadic

#38BAB2 #B238BA #BAB238

tetradic

#38BAB2 #7138BA #BA3840 #81BA38

square

#38BAB2 #7138BA #BA3840 #81BA38

split-complementary

#38BAB2 #BA3881 #BA7138

monochromatic

#1C5C58 #2A8B85 #38BAB2 #60CFC8 #8FDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#38BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB2	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)

#B0B0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfc9',
    500: '#38bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab2;
$custom-light: #82cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71827,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.39173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB2

secondary

#C8868A

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB2

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

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