#38BAB8#38BAB8

#38BAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB8
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -34.55, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 35.75, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1064 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.109 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8376, 39.4160, 51.4790)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB8 #BA383A

analogous

#38BA77 #38BAB8 #387BBA

triadic

#38BAB8 #B838BA #BAB838

tetradic

#38BAB8 #7738BA #BA383A #7BBA38

square

#38BAB8 #7738BA #BA383A #7BBA38

split-complementary

#38BAB8 #BA387B #BA7738

monochromatic

#1C5C5B #2A8B89 #38BAB8 #60CFCD #8FDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#38BAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB8

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB8	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#AEB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfcd',
    500: '#38bab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab8;
$custom-light: #82cfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB8

secondary

#C88687

accent

#4B4DDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB8

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

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