#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
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -33.94, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 35.79, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1063 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.111 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2282, 40.9941, 55.6523)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##38BDBF	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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