#38BDA8#38BDA8

#38BDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA8
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -40.34, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 40.34, 179.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1167 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.117 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8929, 40.0600, 43.3532)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA8 #BD384D

analogous

#38BD65 #38BDA8 #3890BD

triadic

#38BDA8 #A838BD #BDA838

tetradic

#38BDA8 #6538BD #BD384D #90BD38

square

#38BDA8 #6538BD #BD384D #90BD38

split-complementary

#38BDA8 #BD3890 #BD6538

monochromatic

#1C5F54 #2A8E7E #38BDA8 #62D0BF #91DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38BDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA8	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)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c1',
    500: '#38bda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda8;
$custom-light: #81d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72255,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA8

secondary

#C98792

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA8

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

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