#38BBAE#38BBAE

#38BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBAE
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -37.82, -3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 38.00, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1119 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.112 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0376, 39.4342, 46.2228)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBAE #BB3845

analogous

#38BB6D #38BBAE #3886BB

triadic

#38BBAE #AE38BB #BBAE38

tetradic

#38BBAE #6D38BB #BB3845 #86BB38

square

#38BBAE #6D38BB #BB3845 #86BB38

split-complementary

#38BBAE #BB3886 #BB6D38

monochromatic

#1C5D56 #2A8C82 #38BBAE #61D0C5 #90DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBAE

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBAE	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0c6',
    500: '#38bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbae;
$custom-light: #81d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.046,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBAE

secondary

#C8868D

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBAE

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

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