#38BDB4#38BDB4

#38BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB4
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -37.08, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 37.52, 188.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1112 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.112 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0629, 40.5279, 49.5148)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB4 #BD3841

analogous

#38BD71 #38BDB4 #3883BD

triadic

#38BDB4 #B438BD #BDB438

tetradic

#38BDB4 #7138BD #BD3841 #83BD38

square

#38BDB4 #7138BD #BD3841 #83BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB4 #BD3883 #BD7138

monochromatic

#1C5F5A #2A8E87 #38BDB4 #62D0C9 #91DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB4

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB4	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ca',
    500: '#38bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb4;
$custom-light: #82d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.94,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB4

secondary

#C9878C

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB4

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

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