#38BABB#38BABB

#38BABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BABB
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -33.69, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 35.34, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1051 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.109 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1554, 39.5431, 53.1528)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BABB #BB3938

analogous

#38BB7A #38BABB #3878BB

triadic

#38BABB #BB38BA #BABB38

tetradic

#38BABB #7A38BB #BB3938 #78BB38

square

#38BABB #7A38BB #BB3938 #78BB38

split-complementary

#38BABB #BB3878 #BB7A38

monochromatic

#1C5C5D #2A8B8C #38BABB #61CFD0 #90DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#38BABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BABB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BABB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38babb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfcf',
    500: '#38babb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38babb;
$custom-light: #82cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38babb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.458,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BABB

secondary

#C88786

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BABB

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

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