#38BAB6#38BAB6

#38BAB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB6
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -35.12, -8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 36.06, 193.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1073 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.11 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.6294, 39.3327, 50.3827)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB6 #BA383C

analogous

#38BA75 #38BAB6 #387DBA

triadic

#38BAB6 #B638BA #BAB638

tetradic

#38BAB6 #7538BA #BA383C #7DBA38

square

#38BAB6 #7538BA #BA383C #7DBA38

split-complementary

#38BAB6 #BA387D #BA7538

monochromatic

#1C5C5A #2A8B88 #38BAB6 #60CFCC #8FDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#38BAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB6

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB6	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfcb',
    500: '#38bab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab6;
$custom-light: #82cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.39336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB6

secondary

#C88688

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB6

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

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