#38BDBF#38BDBF

#38BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BDBF
RGBrgb(56, 189, 191)
HSLhsl(181, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.17, -33.94, -11.34)
CIE-LCHlch(70.17, 35.79, 198.47°)
OKLaboklab(73.01% -0.1063 -0.0315)
OKLCHoklch(73.01% 0.111 196.5)
XYZxyz(29.2282, 40.9941, 55.6523)
Luminance0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BDBF #BF3A38
analogous
#38BF7D #38BDBF #3879BF
triadic
#38BDBF #BF38BD #BDBF38
tetradic
#38BDBF #7D38BF #BF3A38 #79BF38
square
#38BDBF #7D38BF #BF3A38 #79BF38
split-complementary
#38BDBF #BF3879 #BF7D38
monochromatic
#1C5F60 #2A8E90 #38BDBF #63D0D1 #92DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#38BDBF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20
#38BDBF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDBF
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BDBF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BDBF1.002.289.209.20
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2021.001.001.00
##0000009.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B4BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA5C0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 196.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d2',
    500: '#38bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bdbf;
$custom-light: #83d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BDBF
secondary
#CA8A89
accent
#4C4ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDBF

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#38BDBF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva