#38BDA7#38BDA7

#38BDA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA7
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -40.60, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 40.61, 178.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1171 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.117 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8001, 40.0229, 42.8645)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA7 #BD384E

analogous

#38BD64 #38BDA7 #3890BD

triadic

#38BDA7 #A738BD #BDA738

tetradic

#38BDA7 #6438BD #BD384E #90BD38

square

#38BDA7 #6438BD #BD384E #90BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA7 #BD3890 #BD6438

monochromatic

#1C5F54 #2A8E7D #38BDA7 #62D0BE #91DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BDA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38BDA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA7

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA7	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c1',
    500: '#38bda7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda7;
$custom-light: #81d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.075,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA7

secondary

#C98792

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA7

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

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