#38BDB2#38BDB2

#38BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB2
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -37.63, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 37.93, 187.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1121 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.113 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8606, 40.4470, 48.4496)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB2 #BD3843

analogous

#38BD70 #38BDB2 #3885BD

triadic

#38BDB2 #B238BD #BDB238

tetradic

#38BDB2 #7038BD #BD3843 #85BD38

square

#38BDB2 #7038BD #BD3843 #85BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB2 #BD3885 #BD7038

monochromatic

#1C5F59 #2A8E86 #38BDB2 #62D0C7 #91DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB2

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB2	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c9',
    500: '#38bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb2;
$custom-light: #82d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.038,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB2

secondary

#C9878D

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB2

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

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