#38BDAA#38BDAA

#38BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.116 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDAA
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -39.81, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 39.81, 181.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1157 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.116 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0807, 40.1351, 44.3420)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDAA #BD384B

analogous

#38BD68 #38BDAA #388DBD

triadic

#38BDAA #AA38BD #BDAA38

tetradic

#38BDAA #6838BD #BD384B #8DBD38

square

#38BDAA #6838BD #BD384B #8DBD38

split-complementary

#38BDAA #BD388D #BD6838

monochromatic

#1C5F55 #2A8E80 #38BDAA #62D0C1 #91DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#38BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDAA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDAA	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.116 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c3',
    500: '#38bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdaa;
$custom-light: #81d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDAA

secondary

#C98791

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDAA

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

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