#38BABD#38BABD

#38BABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BABD
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -33.11, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 35.11, 199.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1042 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.109 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3710, 39.6294, 54.2882)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BABD #BD3B38

analogous

#38BD7D #38BABD #3878BD

triadic

#38BABD #BD38BA #BABD38

tetradic

#38BABD #7D38BD #BD3B38 #78BD38

square

#38BABD #7D38BD #BD3B38 #78BD38

split-complementary

#38BABD #BD3878 #BD7D38

monochromatic

#1C5D5F #2A8C8E #38BABD #62CED0 #91DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38BABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BABD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BABD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38babd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd0',
    500: '#38babd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38babd;
$custom-light: #83cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38babd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.353,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72205,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BABD

secondary

#C98987

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BABD

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

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