#38BFC9#38BFC9

#38BFC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC9
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -31.95, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 35.48, 205.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.104 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.113 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7996, 42.3157, 61.7915)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC9 #C94238

analogous

#38C98A #38BFC9 #3876C9

triadic

#38BFC9 #C938BF #BFC938

tetradic

#38BFC9 #8A38C9 #C94238 #76C938

square

#38BFC9 #8A38C9 #C94238 #76C938

split-complementary

#38BFC9 #C93876 #C98A38

monochromatic

#1D656A #2A929A #38BFC9 #68CED6 #98DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#38BFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC9

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC9	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d9',
    500: '#38bfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc9;
$custom-light: #84d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC9

secondary

#CF938E

accent

#5247E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC9

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

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