#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
RGBrgb(56, 186, 179)
HSLhsl(177, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(177, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.90, -35.97, -6.64)
CIE-LCHlch(68.90, 36.58, 190.45°)
OKLaboklab(71.86% -0.1086 -0.0186)
OKLCHoklch(71.86% 0.11 189.7)
XYZxyz(27.3227, 39.2101, 48.7674)
Luminance0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38BAB31.002.378.848.84
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

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

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#38BAB3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva