#38BBAC#38BBAC

#38BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBAC
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -38.37, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 38.46, 183.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.1128 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.113 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8441, 39.3568, 45.2036)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBAC #BB3847

analogous

#38BB6B #38BBAC #3888BB

triadic

#38BBAC #AC38BB #BBAC38

tetradic

#38BBAC #6B38BB #BB3847 #88BB38

square

#38BBAC #6B38BB #BB3847 #88BB38

split-complementary

#38BBAC #BB3888 #BB6B38

monochromatic

#1C5D55 #2A8C81 #38BBAC #61D0C3 #90DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#38BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBAC

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBAC	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c4',
    500: '#38bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbac;
$custom-light: #81d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.13,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7188,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBAC

secondary

#C8868E

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBAC

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

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