#38BD9D#38BD9D

#38BD9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.123 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD9D
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -43.17, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 43.58, 172.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1218 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.123 173)
XYZ	xyz(25.9112, 39.6673, 38.1827)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD9D #BD3858

analogous

#38BD5A #38BD9D #389ABD

triadic

#38BD9D #9D38BD #BD9D38

tetradic

#38BD9D #5A38BD #BD3858 #9ABD38

square

#38BD9D #5A38BD #BD3858 #9ABD38

split-complementary

#38BD9D #BD389A #BD5A38

monochromatic

#1C5F4F #2A8E76 #38BD9D #62D0B6 #91DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38BD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD9D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD9D	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)

#B7B19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.123 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1b9',
    500: '#38bd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd9d;
$custom-light: #81d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.564,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.3967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD9D

secondary

#C98797

accent

#4A6EDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD9D

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

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