#38BD9E#38BD9E

#38BD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD9E
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -42.92, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 43.26, 172.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1213 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.122 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9969, 39.7016, 38.6342)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD9E #BD3857

analogous

#38BD5B #38BD9E #3899BD

triadic

#38BD9E #9E38BD #BD9E38

tetradic

#38BD9E #5B38BD #BD3857 #99BD38

square

#38BD9E #5B38BD #BD3857 #99BD38

split-complementary

#38BD9E #BD3899 #BD5B38

monochromatic

#1C5F4F #2A8E77 #38BD9E #62D0B7 #91DECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38BD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD9E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD9E	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1ba',
    500: '#38bd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd9e;
$custom-light: #81d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.015,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD9E

secondary

#C98797

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD9E

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

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