#38BDB8#38BDB8

#38BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB8
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -35.95, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.79, 192.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1094 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.112 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4762, 40.6933, 51.6919)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB8 #BD383D

analogous

#38BD75 #38BDB8 #3880BD

triadic

#38BDB8 #B838BD #BDB838

tetradic

#38BDB8 #7538BD #BD383D #80BD38

square

#38BDB8 #7538BD #BD383D #80BD38

split-complementary

#38BDB8 #BD3880 #BD7538

monochromatic

#1C5F5C #2A8E8A #38BDB8 #62D0CC #91DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cd',
    500: '#38bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb8;
$custom-light: #82d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.744,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB8

secondary

#C9878A

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB8

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

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