#38C09D#38C09D

#38C09D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C09D
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 18.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -44.46, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 45.05, 170.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1248 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.126 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5632, 40.9713, 38.4000)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C09D #C0385B

analogous

#38C059 #38C09D #389FC0

triadic

#38C09D #9D38C0 #C09D38

tetradic

#38C09D #5938C0 #C0385B #9FC038

square

#38C09D #5938C0 #C0385B #9FC038

split-complementary

#38C09D #C0389F #C05938

monochromatic

#1C6150 #2A9176 #38C09D #64D2B5 #93DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38C09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C09D

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C09D	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BAB39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4b9',
    500: '#38c09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c09d;
$custom-light: #81d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.559,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C09D

secondary

#CB899A

accent

#4A70DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C09D

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

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