#38BDC2#38BDC2

#38BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC2
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -33.07, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 35.47, 201.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.105 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.111 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5617, 41.1275, 57.4089)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC2 #C23D38

analogous

#38C282 #38BDC2 #3878C2

triadic

#38BDC2 #C238BD #BDC238

tetradic

#38BDC2 #8238C2 #C23D38 #78C238

square

#38BDC2 #8238C2 #C23D38 #78C238

split-complementary

#38BDC2 #C23878 #C28238

monochromatic

#1D6063 #2A8F93 #38BDC2 #65CED2 #94DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#38BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC2

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC2	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d4',
    500: '#38bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc2;
$custom-light: #83d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73117,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC2

secondary

#CB8D8A

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC2

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

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