#38BAB4#38BAB4

#38BAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB4
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -35.69, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 36.40, 191.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.1082 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.11 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4242, 39.2507, 49.3020)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB4 #BA383E

analogous

#38BA73 #38BAB4 #387FBA

triadic

#38BAB4 #B438BA #BAB438

tetradic

#38BAB4 #7338BA #BA383E #7FBA38

square

#38BAB4 #7338BA #BA383E #7FBA38

split-complementary

#38BAB4 #BA387F #BA7338

monochromatic

#1C5C59 #2A8B86 #38BAB4 #60CFCA #8FDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#38BAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB4

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB4	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfca',
    500: '#38bab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab4;
$custom-light: #82cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71894,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB4

secondary

#C88689

accent

#4B51DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB4

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

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