#38BDA3#38BDA3

#38BDA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA3
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -41.65, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 41.74, 176.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.119 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.119 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4361, 39.8772, 40.9471)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA3 #BD3852

analogous

#38BD61 #38BDA3 #3894BD

triadic

#38BDA3 #A338BD #BDA338

tetradic

#38BDA3 #6138BD #BD3852 #94BD38

square

#38BDA3 #6138BD #BD3852 #94BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA3 #BD3894 #BD6138

monochromatic

#1C5F52 #2A8E7A #38BDA3 #62D0BB #91DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38BDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1be',
    500: '#38bda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda3;
$custom-light: #81d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.271,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA3

secondary

#C98794

accent

#4A67DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA3

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

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