#38BEBD#38BEBD

#38BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEBD
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -34.99, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 36.36, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1082 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.112 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2255, 41.3383, 54.5731)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEBD #BE3839

analogous

#38BE7A #38BEBD #387CBE

triadic

#38BEBD #BD38BE #BEBD38

tetradic

#38BEBD #7A38BE #BE3839 #7CBE38

square

#38BEBD #7A38BE #BE3839 #7CBE38

split-complementary

#38BEBD #BE387C #BE7A38

monochromatic

#1C5F5F #2A8F8E #38BEBD #62D1D0 #92DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#38BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEBD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEBD	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d0',
    500: '#38bebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bebd;
$custom-light: #83d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.552,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73185,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEBD

secondary

#CA8889

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEBD

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

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