#38BDC0#38BDC0

#38BDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC0
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -33.65, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 35.67, 199.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.1059 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.111 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3386, 41.0383, 56.2339)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC0 #C03B38

analogous

#38C07F #38BDC0 #3879C0

triadic

#38BDC0 #C038BD #BDC038

tetradic

#38BDC0 #7F38C0 #C03B38 #79C038

square

#38BDC0 #7F38C0 #C03B38 #79C038

split-complementary

#38BDC0 #C03879 #C07F38

monochromatic

#1C6061 #2A8E91 #38BDC0 #64CFD2 #93DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#38BDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC0

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC0	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d3',
    500: '#38bdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc0;
$custom-light: #83d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC0

secondary

#CB8B89

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →