#38BDAD#38BDAD

#38BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDAD
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -39.00, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 39.06, 183.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1144 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.115 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3677, 40.2499, 45.8537)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDAD #BD3848

analogous

#38BD6A #38BDAD #388ABD

triadic

#38BDAD #AD38BD #BDAD38

tetradic

#38BDAD #6A38BD #BD3848 #8ABD38

square

#38BDAD #6A38BD #BD3848 #8ABD38

split-complementary

#38BDAD #BD388A #BD6A38

monochromatic

#1C5F57 #2A8E82 #38BDAD #62D0C3 #91DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDAD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDAD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c5',
    500: '#38bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdad;
$custom-light: #82d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDAD

secondary

#C9878F

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDAD

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

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