#38BABC#38BABC

#38BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BABC
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -33.40, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 35.22, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1046 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.109 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2628, 39.5861, 53.7185)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BABC #BC3A38

analogous

#38BC7C #38BABC #3878BC

triadic

#38BABC #BC38BA #BABC38

tetradic

#38BABC #7C38BC #BC3A38 #78BC38

square

#38BABC #7C38BC #BC3A38 #78BC38

split-complementary

#38BABC #BC3878 #BC7C38

monochromatic

#1C5D5E #2A8B8D #38BABC #61CED0 #90DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#38BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BABC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BABC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cfd0',
    500: '#38babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38babc;
$custom-light: #82cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7217,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BABC

secondary

#C98887

accent

#4D4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BABC

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

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