#38BDAB#38BDAB

#38BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDAB
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -39.54, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 39.56, 181.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1153 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.115 182)
XYZ	xyz(27.1756, 40.1731, 44.8421)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDAB #BD384A

analogous

#38BD69 #38BDAB #388CBD

triadic

#38BDAB #AB38BD #BDAB38

tetradic

#38BDAB #6938BD #BD384A #8CBD38

square

#38BDAB #6938BD #BD384A #8CBD38

split-complementary

#38BDAB #BD388C #BD6938

monochromatic

#1C5F56 #2A8E80 #38BDAB #62D0C1 #91DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDAB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDAB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 182.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.88,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.40176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDAB

secondary

#C98790

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDAB

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

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