#38BDA0#38BDA0

#38BDA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA0
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -42.42, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 42.64, 174.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1204 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.121 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1705, 39.7710, 39.5482)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA0 #BD3855

analogous

#38BD5D #38BDA0 #3898BD

triadic

#38BDA0 #A038BD #BDA038

tetradic

#38BDA0 #5D38BD #BD3855 #98BD38

square

#38BDA0 #5D38BD #BD3855 #98BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA0 #BD3898 #BD5D38

monochromatic

#1C5F50 #2A8E78 #38BDA0 #62D0B8 #91DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#38BDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA0

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA0	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)

#B6B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bc',
    500: '#38bda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda0;
$custom-light: #81d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.917,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72018,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA0

secondary

#C98796

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA0

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

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