#38BDB1#38BDB1

#38BDB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB1
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -37.91, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 38.15, 186.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1126 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.113 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7606, 40.4070, 47.9227)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB1 #BD3844

analogous

#38BD6E #38BDB1 #3887BD

triadic

#38BDB1 #B138BD #BDB138

tetradic

#38BDB1 #6E38BD #BD3844 #87BD38

square

#38BDB1 #6E38BD #BD3844 #87BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB1 #BD3887 #BD6E38

monochromatic

#1C5F59 #2A8E85 #38BDB1 #62D0C6 #91DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#38BDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB1

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB1	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c8',
    500: '#38bdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb1;
$custom-light: #82d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.586,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB1

secondary

#C9878D

accent

#4A57DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB1

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

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