#38BAB7#38BAB7

#38BAB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB7
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -34.84, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 35.90, 193.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1068 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.11 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7331, 39.3742, 50.9289)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB7 #BA383B

analogous

#38BA76 #38BAB7 #387CBA

triadic

#38BAB7 #B738BA #BAB738

tetradic

#38BAB7 #7638BA #BA383B #7CBA38

square

#38BAB7 #7638BA #BA383B #7CBA38

split-complementary

#38BAB7 #BA387C #BA7638

monochromatic

#1C5C5A #2A8B89 #38BAB7 #60CFCD #8FDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#38BAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB7

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB7	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfcc',
    500: '#38bab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab7;
$custom-light: #82cfcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB7

secondary

#C88687

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB7

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

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