#38C09C#38C09C

#38C09C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C09C
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 18.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -44.71, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 45.37, 170.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1253 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.127 171)
XYZ	xyz(26.4782, 40.9373, 37.9523)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C09C #C0385C

analogous

#38C058 #38C09C #38A0C0

triadic

#38C09C #9C38C0 #C09C38

tetradic

#38C09C #5838C0 #C0385C #A0C038

square

#38C09C #5838C0 #C0385C #A0C038

split-complementary

#38C09C #C038A0 #C05838

monochromatic

#1C614F #2A9176 #38C09C #64D2B5 #93DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38C09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38C09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C09C

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C09C	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b9',
    500: '#38c09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c09c;
$custom-light: #81d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72661,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.4094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C09C

secondary

#CB899B

accent

#4A71DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C09C

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

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