#38BDB9#38BDB9

#38BDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDB9
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -35.67, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 36.62, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.109 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.111 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.5814, 40.7354, 52.2459)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDB9 #BD383C

analogous

#38BD76 #38BDB9 #387FBD

triadic

#38BDB9 #B938BD #BDB938

tetradic

#38BDB9 #7638BD #BD383C #7FBD38

square

#38BDB9 #7638BD #BD383C #7FBD38

split-complementary

#38BDB9 #BD387F #BD7638

monochromatic

#1C5F5D #2A8E8B #38BDB9 #62D0CD #91DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38BDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDB9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDB9	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1ce',
    500: '#38bdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdb9;
$custom-light: #83d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDB9

secondary

#C98789

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDB9

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

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