#38BDBD#38BDBD

#38BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDBD
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -34.52, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 36.03, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1072 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.111 195)
XYZ	xyz(29.0096, 40.9067, 54.5011)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDBD #BD3838

analogous

#38BD7A #38BDBD #387ABD

triadic

#38BDBD #BD38BD #BDBD38

tetradic

#38BDBD #7A38BD #BD3838 #7ABD38

square

#38BDBD #7A38BD #BD3838 #7ABD38

split-complementary

#38BDBD #BD387A #BD7A38

monochromatic

#1C5F5F #2A8E8E #38BDBD #62D0D0 #91DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#38BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDBD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDBD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 195.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.4091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDBD

secondary

#C98787

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDBD

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

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