#38BDAF#38BDAF

#38BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDAF
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -38.46, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 38.59, 184.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1135 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.114 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5627, 40.3279, 46.8806)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDAF #BD3846

analogous

#38BD6C #38BDAF #3888BD

triadic

#38BDAF #AF38BD #BDAF38

tetradic

#38BDAF #6C38BD #BD3846 #88BD38

square

#38BDAF #6C38BD #BD3846 #88BD38

split-complementary

#38BDAF #BD3888 #BD6C38

monochromatic

#1C5F58 #2A8E83 #38BDAF #62D0C5 #91DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDAF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDAF	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 184.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDAF

secondary

#C9878E

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDAF

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

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