#38BAB9#38BAB9

#38BAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAB9
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -34.27, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 35.60, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.106 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.109 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9428, 39.4581, 52.0330)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAB9 #BA3839

analogous

#38BA78 #38BAB9 #387ABA

triadic

#38BAB9 #B938BA #BAB938

tetradic

#38BAB9 #7838BA #BA3839 #7ABA38

square

#38BAB9 #7838BA #BA3839 #7ABA38

split-complementary

#38BAB9 #BA387A #BA7838

monochromatic

#1C5C5B #2A8B8A #38BAB9 #60CFCE #8FDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38BAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAB9

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAB9	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfce',
    500: '#38bab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bab9;
$custom-light: #82cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72065,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAB9

secondary

#C88686

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAB9

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

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