#38BDB5#38BDB5

#38BDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB5
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -36.80, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 37.33, 189.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.1108 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.112 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1651, 40.5688, 50.0533)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB5 #BD3840

analogous

#38BD72 #38BDB5 #3882BD

triadic

#38BDB5 #B538BD #BDB538

tetradic

#38BDB5 #7238BD #BD3840 #82BD38

square

#38BDB5 #7238BD #BD3840 #82BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB5 #BD3882 #BD7238

monochromatic

#1C5F5B #2A8E88 #38BDB5 #62D0CA #91DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB5	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cb',
    500: '#38bdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb5;
$custom-light: #82d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.391,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB5

secondary

#C9878B

accent

#4A53DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB5

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

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