#38C09E#38C09E

#38C09E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C09E
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 17.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -44.21, 6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 44.72, 171.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1244 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.126 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6489, 41.0056, 38.8515)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C09E #C0385A

analogous

#38C05A #38C09E #389EC0

triadic

#38C09E #9E38C0 #C09E38

tetradic

#38C09E #5A38C0 #C0385A #9EC038

square

#38C09E #5A38C0 #C0385A #9EC038

split-complementary

#38C09E #C0389E #C05A38

monochromatic

#1C6150 #2A9177 #38C09E #64D2B6 #93DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38C09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C09E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C09E	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4ba',
    500: '#38c09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c09e;
$custom-light: #81d4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72716,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C09E

secondary

#CB899A

accent

#4A6FDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C09E

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

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