#38BABF#38BABF

#38BABF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BABF
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -32.52, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 34.91, 201.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1034 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.109 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5896, 39.7168, 55.4395)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BABF #BF3D38

analogous

#38BF80 #38BABF #3876BF

triadic

#38BABF #BF38BA #BABF38

tetradic

#38BABF #8038BF #BF3D38 #76BF38

square

#38BABF #8038BF #BF3D38 #76BF38

split-complementary

#38BABF #BF3876 #BF8038

monochromatic

#1C5E60 #2A8C90 #38BABF #63CDD1 #92DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38BABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BABF

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BABF	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)

#ADB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38babf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd2',
    500: '#38babf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38babf;
$custom-light: #83cfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38babf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BABF

secondary

#CA8B89

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BABF

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

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