#38BDB3#38BDB3

#38BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB3
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -37.35, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 37.73, 188.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1116 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.113 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9614, 40.4873, 48.9803)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB3 #BD3842

analogous

#38BD71 #38BDB3 #3884BD

triadic

#38BDB3 #B338BD #BDB338

tetradic

#38BDB3 #7138BD #BD3842 #84BD38

square

#38BDB3 #7138BD #BD3842 #84BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB3 #BD3884 #BD7138

monochromatic

#1C5F5A #2A8E86 #38BDB3 #62D0C8 #91DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB3

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB3	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c9',
    500: '#38bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb3;
$custom-light: #82d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.489,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB3

secondary

#C9878C

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB3

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

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