#38BCBD#38BCBD

#38BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCBD
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -34.05, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 35.72, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1062 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.11 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7953, 40.4779, 54.4297)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCBD #BD3938

analogous

#38BD7B #38BCBD #3879BD

triadic

#38BCBD #BD38BC #BCBD38

tetradic

#38BCBD #7B38BD #BD3938 #79BD38

square

#38BCBD #7B38BD #BD3938 #79BD38

split-complementary

#38BCBD #BD3879 #BD7B38

monochromatic

#1C5E5F #2A8D8E #38BCBD #62D0D0 #91DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCBD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCBD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d0',
    500: '#38bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcbd;
$custom-light: #83d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.451,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72695,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCBD

secondary

#C98887

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCBD

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

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