#38BDA4#38BDA4

#38BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA4
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -41.39, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 41.45, 176.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1185 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.119 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5260, 39.9132, 41.4208)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA4 #BD3851

analogous

#38BD61 #38BDA4 #3893BD

triadic

#38BDA4 #A438BD #BDA438

tetradic

#38BDA4 #6138BD #BD3851 #93BD38

square

#38BDA4 #6138BD #BD3851 #93BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA4 #BD3893 #BD6138

monochromatic

#1C5F52 #2A8E7B #38BDA4 #62D0BC #91DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA4

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA4	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)

#B6B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1be',
    500: '#38bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda4;
$custom-light: #81d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.722,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA4

secondary

#C98794

accent

#4A66DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA4

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

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