#38BDC4#38BDC4

#38BDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC4
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -32.48, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 35.30, 203.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1042 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.111 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7878, 41.2179, 58.5998)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC4 #C43F38

analogous

#38C485 #38BDC4 #3877C4

triadic

#38BDC4 #C438BD #BDC438

tetradic

#38BDC4 #8538C4 #C43F38 #77C438

square

#38BDC4 #8538C4 #C43F38 #77C438

split-complementary

#38BDC4 #C43877 #C48538

monochromatic

#1D6165 #2A8F94 #38BDC4 #66CED3 #96DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38BDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC4	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)

#AFB5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1d5',
    500: '#38bdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc4;
$custom-light: #84d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73189,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC4

secondary

#CC8F8C

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC4

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

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