#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
RGBrgb(56, 186, 180)
HSLhsl(177, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(177, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.93, -35.69, -7.14)
CIE-LCHlch(68.93, 36.40, 191.32°)
OKLaboklab(71.89% -0.1082 -0.02)
OKLCHoklch(71.89% 0.11 190.5)
XYZxyz(27.4242, 39.2507, 49.3020)
Luminance0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38BAB41.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

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

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#38BAB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva