#38BD9C#38BD9C

#38BD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD9C
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -43.42, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 43.90, 171.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1223 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.123 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8262, 39.6333, 37.7349)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD9C #BD3859

analogous

#38BD59 #38BD9C #389BBD

triadic

#38BD9C #9C38BD #BD9C38

tetradic

#38BD9C #5938BD #BD3859 #9BBD38

square

#38BD9C #5938BD #BD3859 #9BBD38

split-complementary

#38BD9C #BD389B #BD5938

monochromatic

#1C5F4E #2A8E75 #38BD9C #62D0B5 #91DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38BD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD9C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD9C	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1b9',
    500: '#38bd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd9c;
$custom-light: #81d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.113,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD9C

secondary

#C98798

accent

#4A6FDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD9C

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