#38BDBB#38BDBB

#38BDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDBB
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -35.10, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 36.31, 194.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1081 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.111 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7940, 40.8204, 53.3657)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDBB #BD383A

analogous

#38BD79 #38BDBB #387CBD

triadic

#38BDBB #BB38BD #BDBB38

tetradic

#38BDBB #7938BD #BD383A #7CBD38

square

#38BDBB #7938BD #BD383A #7CBD38

split-complementary

#38BDBB #BD387C #BD7938

monochromatic

#1C5F5E #2A8E8C #38BDBB #62D0CF #91DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38BDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDBB

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDBB	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)

#B1B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1cf',
    500: '#38bdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdbb;
$custom-light: #83d1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72871,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDBB

secondary

#C98788

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDBB

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

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