#38BD9F#38BD9F

#38BD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BD9F
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 15.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -42.67, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 42.95, 173.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1208 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.121 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0833, 39.7361, 39.0893)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BD9F #BD3856

analogous

#38BD5C #38BD9F #3898BD

triadic

#38BD9F #9F38BD #BD9F38

tetradic

#38BD9F #5C38BD #BD3856 #98BD38

square

#38BD9F #5C38BD #BD3856 #98BD38

split-complementary

#38BD9F #BD3898 #BD5C38

monochromatic

#1C5F50 #2A8E77 #38BD9F #62D0B7 #91DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#38BD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BD9F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BD9F	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bb',
    500: '#38bd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bd9f;
$custom-light: #81d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.466,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7199,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BD9F

secondary

#C98796

accent

#4A6BDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BD9F

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

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