#38BDC3#38BDC3

#38BDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC3
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -32.77, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 35.38, 202.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.1046 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.111 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6744, 41.1726, 58.0023)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC3 #C33E38

analogous

#38C384 #38BDC3 #3878C3

triadic

#38BDC3 #C338BD #BDC338

tetradic

#38BDC3 #8438C3 #C33E38 #78C338

square

#38BDC3 #8438C3 #C33E38 #78C338

split-complementary

#38BDC3 #C33878 #C38438

monochromatic

#1D6164 #2A8F93 #38BDC3 #65CED3 #95DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38BDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC3

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC3	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d5',
    500: '#38bdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc3;
$custom-light: #83d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.59,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73153,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC3

secondary

#CC8E8B

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC3

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

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