#38BDA1#38BDA1

#38BDA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA1
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 161)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 14.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -42.16, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 42.34, 174.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1199 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.12 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2583, 39.8061, 40.0108)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA1 #BD3854

analogous

#38BD5E #38BDA1 #3897BD

triadic

#38BDA1 #A138BD #BDA138

tetradic

#38BDA1 #5E38BD #BD3854 #97BD38

square

#38BDA1 #5E38BD #BD3854 #97BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA1 #BD3897 #BD5E38

monochromatic

#1C5F51 #2A8E79 #38BDA1 #62D0B9 #91DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BDA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38BDA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA1

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA1	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bc',
    500: '#38bda1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda1;
$custom-light: #81d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72047,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA1

secondary

#C98795

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA1

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

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