#38BAB5#38BAB5

#38BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB5
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -35.41, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 36.23, 192.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1077 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.11 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5264, 39.2915, 49.8404)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB5 #BA383D

analogous

#38BA74 #38BAB5 #387EBA

triadic

#38BAB5 #B538BA #BAB538

tetradic

#38BAB5 #7438BA #BA383D #7EBA38

square

#38BAB5 #7438BA #BA383D #7EBA38

split-complementary

#38BAB5 #BA387E #BA7438

monochromatic

#1C5C59 #2A8B87 #38BAB5 #60CFCB #8FDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#38BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB5

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB5	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfcb',
    500: '#38bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab5;
$custom-light: #82cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB5

secondary

#C88688

accent

#4B50DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB5

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

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