#38BDC1#38BDC1

#38BDC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC1
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -33.36, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 35.57, 200.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1055 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(29.4498, 41.0827, 56.8194)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC1 #C13C38

analogous

#38C181 #38BDC1 #3879C1

triadic

#38BDC1 #C138BD #BDC138

tetradic

#38BDC1 #8138C1 #C13C38 #79C138

square

#38BDC1 #8138C1 #C13C38 #79C138

split-complementary

#38BDC1 #C13879 #C18138

monochromatic

#1C6062 #2A8F92 #38BDC1 #64CFD2 #94DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BDC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#38BDC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC1

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC1	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d3',
    500: '#38bdc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc1;
$custom-light: #83d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.752,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.41086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC1

secondary

#CB8C8A

accent

#4E49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC1

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

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