#38BDBE#38BDBE

#38BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDBE
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -34.23, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.91, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1068 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.111 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1185, 40.9502, 55.0748)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDBE #BE3938

analogous

#38BE7C #38BDBE #387ABE

triadic

#38BDBE #BE38BD #BDBE38

tetradic

#38BDBE #7C38BE #BE3938 #7ABE38

square

#38BDBE #7C38BE #BE3938 #7ABE38

split-complementary

#38BDBE #BE387A #BE7C38

monochromatic

#1C5F5F #2A8E8F #38BDBE #62D0D1 #92DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDBE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDBE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d1',
    500: '#38bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdbe;
$custom-light: #83d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.448,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDBE

secondary

#CA8988

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDBE

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

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