#38BDB6#38BDB6

#38BDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB6
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -36.52, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 37.14, 190.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1103 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.112 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2681, 40.6100, 50.5956)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB6 #BD383F

analogous

#38BD73 #38BDB6 #3881BD

triadic

#38BDB6 #B638BD #BDB638

tetradic

#38BDB6 #7338BD #BD383F #81BD38

square

#38BDB6 #7338BD #BD383F #81BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB6 #BD3881 #BD7338

monochromatic

#1C5F5B #2A8E89 #38BDB6 #62D0CB #91DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38BDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB6

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB6	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cb',
    500: '#38bdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb6;
$custom-light: #82d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB6

secondary

#C9878B

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB6

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

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