#38BABA#38BABA

#38BABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BABA
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -33.98, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 35.47, 196.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1055 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.109 195)
XYZ	xyz(28.0487, 39.5004, 52.5909)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BABA #BA3838

analogous

#38BA79 #38BABA #3879BA

triadic

#38BABA #BA38BA #BABA38

tetradic

#38BABA #7938BA #BA3838 #79BA38

square

#38BABA #7938BA #BA3838 #79BA38

split-complementary

#38BABA #BA3879 #BA7938

monochromatic

#1C5C5C #2A8B8B #38BABA #60CFCF #8FDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38BABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BABA

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BABA	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 195.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BABA

secondary

#C88686

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BABA

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

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