#38BDBC#38BDBC

#38BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDBC
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -34.81, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 36.17, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1077 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.111 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9014, 40.8634, 53.9314)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDBC #BD3839

analogous

#38BD79 #38BDBC #387BBD

triadic

#38BDBC #BC38BD #BDBC38

tetradic

#38BDBC #7938BD #BD3839 #7BBD38

square

#38BDBC #7938BD #BD3839 #7BBD38

split-complementary

#38BDBC #BD387B #BD7938

monochromatic

#1C5F5E #2A8E8D #38BDBC #62D0D0 #91DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#38BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDBC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDBC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d0',
    500: '#38bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdbc;
$custom-light: #83d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.549,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDBC

secondary

#C98788

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDBC

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

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