#38BBAF#38BBAF

#38BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBAF
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -37.55, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 37.78, 186.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1114 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.112 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1354, 39.4734, 46.7381)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBAF #BB3844

analogous

#38BB6E #38BBAF #3885BB

triadic

#38BBAF #AF38BB #BBAF38

tetradic

#38BBAF #6E38BB #BB3844 #85BB38

square

#38BBAF #6E38BB #BB3844 #85BB38

split-complementary

#38BBAF #BB3885 #BB6E38

monochromatic

#1C5D57 #2A8C83 #38BBAF #61D0C5 #90DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBAF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBAF	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 186.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.504,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBAF

secondary

#C8868C

accent

#4B58DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBAF

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

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