#38BDAC#38BDAC

#38BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDAC
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -39.27, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 39.31, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1148 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.115 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2713, 40.2113, 45.3460)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDAC #BD3849

analogous

#38BD69 #38BDAC #388BBD

triadic

#38BDAC #AC38BD #BDAC38

tetradic

#38BDAC #6938BD #BD3849 #8BBD38

square

#38BDAC #6938BD #BD3849 #8BBD38

split-complementary

#38BDAC #BD388B #BD6938

monochromatic

#1C5F56 #2A8E81 #38BDAC #62D0C2 #91DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDAC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c4',
    500: '#38bdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdac;
$custom-light: #82d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.331,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72378,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDAC

secondary

#C98790

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDAC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →