#38BDAE#38BDAE

#38BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.114 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDAE
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -38.73, -2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 38.83, 184.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1139 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.114 184)
XYZ	xyz(27.4648, 40.2887, 46.3652)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDAE #BD3847

analogous

#38BD6B #38BDAE #3889BD

triadic

#38BDAE #AE38BD #BDAE38

tetradic

#38BDAE #6B38BD #BD3847 #89BD38

square

#38BDAE #6B38BD #BD3847 #89BD38

split-complementary

#38BDAE #BD3889 #BD6B38

monochromatic

#1C5F57 #2A8E83 #38BDAE #62D0C4 #91DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDAE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDAE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.114 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c6',
    500: '#38bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdae;
$custom-light: #82d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.233,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.40292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDAE

secondary

#C9878F

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDAE

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

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