#38BABE#38BABE

#38BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BABE
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -32.81, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 35.00, 200.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1038 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4799, 39.6729, 54.8619)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BABE #BE3C38

analogous

#38BE7F #38BABE #3877BE

triadic

#38BABE #BE38BA #BABE38

tetradic

#38BABE #7F38BE #BE3C38 #77BE38

square

#38BABE #7F38BE #BE3C38 #77BE38

split-complementary

#38BABE #BE3877 #BE7F38

monochromatic

#1C5D5F #2A8C8F #38BABE #62CED1 #92DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BABE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BABE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd1',
    500: '#38babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38babe;
$custom-light: #83cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BABE

secondary

#CA8A88

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BABE

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

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