#38BDA2#38BDA2

#38BDA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA2
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -41.90, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 42.04, 175.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1194 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.12 176)
XYZ	xyz(26.3468, 39.8415, 40.4770)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA2 #BD3853

analogous

#38BD60 #38BDA2 #3895BD

triadic

#38BDA2 #A238BD #BDA238

tetradic

#38BDA2 #6038BD #BD3853 #95BD38

square

#38BDA2 #6038BD #BD3853 #95BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA2 #BD3895 #BD6038

monochromatic

#1C5F51 #2A8E7A #38BDA2 #62D0BA #91DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bd',
    500: '#38bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda2;
$custom-light: #81d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.82,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.39845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA2

secondary

#C98795

accent

#4A68DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA2

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

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