#38BDCB#38BDCB

#38BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDCB
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -30.38, -17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 34.98, 209.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.1013 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.112 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6032, 41.5441, 62.8942)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDCB #CB4638

analogous

#38CB8F #38BDCB #3873CB

triadic

#38BDCB #CB38BD #BDCB38

tetradic

#38BDCB #8F38CB #CB4638 #73CB38

square

#38BDCB #8F38CB #CB4638 #73CB38

split-complementary

#38BDCB #CB3873 #CB8F38

monochromatic

#1C656C #29929D #38BDCB #69CDD8 #99DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#38BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDCB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDCB	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1da',
    500: '#38bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdcb;
$custom-light: #84d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73448,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDCB

secondary

#D0958F

accent

#5546E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDCB

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

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