#38BDBA#38BDBA

#38BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDBA
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -35.38, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 36.47, 194.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1085 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.111 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6873, 40.7777, 52.8038)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDBA #BD383B

analogous

#38BD78 #38BDBA #387DBD

triadic

#38BDBA #BA38BD #BDBA38

tetradic

#38BDBA #7838BD #BD383B #7DBD38

square

#38BDBA #7838BD #BD383B #7DBD38

split-complementary

#38BDBA #BD387D #BD7838

monochromatic

#1C5F5D #2A8E8C #38BDBA #62D0CE #91DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDBA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDBA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 192.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.647,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72836,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDBA

secondary

#C98789

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDBA

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

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