#38BBAB#38BBAB

#38BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBAB
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -38.64, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 38.70, 183.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.1133 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.113 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7484, 39.3186, 44.6997)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBAB #BB3848

analogous

#38BB6A #38BBAB #3889BB

triadic

#38BBAB #AB38BB #BBAB38

tetradic

#38BBAB #6A38BB #BB3848 #89BB38

square

#38BBAB #6A38BB #BB3848 #89BB38

split-complementary

#38BBAB #BB3889 #BB6A38

monochromatic

#1C5D55 #2A8C80 #38BBAB #61D0C2 #90DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#38BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBAB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBAB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c3',
    500: '#38bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbab;
$custom-light: #81d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.672,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71849,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBAB

secondary

#C8868E

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBAB

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

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