#38BDC5#38BDC5

#38BDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC5
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -32.18, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 35.23, 204.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.1038 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.111 201)
XYZ	xyz(29.9020, 41.2636, 59.2012)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC5 #C54038

analogous

#38C586 #38BDC5 #3877C5

triadic

#38BDC5 #C538BD #BDC538

tetradic

#38BDC5 #8638C5 #C54038 #77C538

square

#38BDC5 #8638C5 #C54038 #77C538

split-complementary

#38BDC5 #C53877 #C58638

monochromatic

#1D6266 #2A8F95 #38BDC5 #67CDD4 #96DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#38BDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1d6',
    500: '#38bdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc5;
$custom-light: #84d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.404,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.41267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC5

secondary

#CD908C

accent

#5149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC5

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

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