#38BDA9#38BDA9

#38BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDA9
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -40.07, -0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 40.07, 180.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1162 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.116 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9864, 40.0974, 43.8457)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDA9 #BD384C

analogous

#38BD66 #38BDA9 #388FBD

triadic

#38BDA9 #A938BD #BDA938

tetradic

#38BDA9 #6638BD #BD384C #8FBD38

square

#38BDA9 #6638BD #BD384C #8FBD38

split-complementary

#38BDA9 #BD388F #BD6638

monochromatic

#1C5F55 #2A8E7F #38BDA9 #62D0C0 #91DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDA9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDA9	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c2',
    500: '#38bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bda9;
$custom-light: #81d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.977,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDA9

secondary

#C98791

accent

#4A60DE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDA9

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

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