#38BDB0#38BDB0

#38BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB0
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -38.18, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 38.37, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.113 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.114 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6612, 40.3673, 47.3997)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB0 #BD3845

analogous

#38BD6D #38BDB0 #3888BD

triadic

#38BDB0 #B038BD #BDB038

tetradic

#38BDB0 #6D38BD #BD3845 #88BD38

square

#38BDB0 #6D38BD #BD3845 #88BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB0 #BD3888 #BD6D38

monochromatic

#1C5F58 #2A8E84 #38BDB0 #62D0C6 #91DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB0

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB0	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#B3B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c7',
    500: '#38bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb0;
$custom-light: #82d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.135,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB0

secondary

#C9878E

accent

#4A59DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB0

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

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