#38BBAD#38BBAD

#38BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.113 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBAD
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -38.10, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 38.22, 184.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1123 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.113 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9405, 39.3954, 45.7113)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBAD #BB3846

analogous

#38BB6C #38BBAD #3887BB

triadic

#38BBAD #AD38BB #BBAD38

tetradic

#38BBAD #6C38BB #BB3846 #87BB38

square

#38BBAD #6C38BB #BB3846 #87BB38

split-complementary

#38BBAD #BB3887 #BB6C38

monochromatic

#1C5D56 #2A8C81 #38BBAD #61D0C4 #90DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#38BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBAD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBAD	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.113 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c5',
    500: '#38bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbad;
$custom-light: #81d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.588,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71912,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBAD

secondary

#C8868D

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBAD

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

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