#38BAB3#38BAB3

#38BAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB3
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -35.97, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 36.58, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.1086 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.11 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3227, 39.2101, 48.7674)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB3 #BA383F

analogous

#38BA72 #38BAB3 #3880BA

triadic

#38BAB3 #B338BA #BAB338

tetradic

#38BAB3 #7238BA #BA383F #80BA38

square

#38BAB3 #7238BA #BA383F #80BA38

split-complementary

#38BAB3 #BA3880 #BA7238

monochromatic

#1C5C58 #2A8B86 #38BAB3 #60CFC9 #8FDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#38BAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB3

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB3	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfc9',
    500: '#38bab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab3;
$custom-light: #82cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB3

secondary

#C88689

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB3

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

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