#38BDC6#38BDC6

#38BDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC6
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -31.88, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 35.17, 204.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.1033 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.111 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0170, 41.3096, 59.8067)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC6 #C64138

analogous

#38C688 #38BDC6 #3876C6

triadic

#38BDC6 #C638BD #BDC638

tetradic

#38BDC6 #8838C6 #C64138 #76C638

square

#38BDC6 #8838C6 #C64138 #76C638

split-complementary

#38BDC6 #C63876 #C68838

monochromatic

#1D6267 #2B8F96 #38BDC6 #67CDD4 #97DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38BDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC6

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC6	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1d7',
    500: '#38bdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc6;
$custom-light: #84d1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.803,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73262,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC6

secondary

#CD918D

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC6

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

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