#38BDA6#38BDA6

#38BDA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA6
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -40.87, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 40.89, 178.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1176 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.118 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7080, 39.9860, 42.3795)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA6 #BD384F

analogous

#38BD63 #38BDA6 #3891BD

triadic

#38BDA6 #A638BD #BDA638

tetradic

#38BDA6 #6338BD #BD384F #91BD38

square

#38BDA6 #6338BD #BD384F #91BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA6 #BD3891 #BD6338

monochromatic

#1C5F53 #2A8E7D #38BDA6 #62D0BD #91DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#38BDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA6	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c0',
    500: '#38bda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda6;
$custom-light: #81d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.624,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA6

secondary

#C98793

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA6

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

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