#38C09F#38C09F

#38C09F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C09F
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 17.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -43.96, 6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 44.40, 171.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1239 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.125 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7353, 41.0401, 39.3067)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C09F #C03859

analogous

#38C05B #38C09F #389DC0

triadic

#38C09F #9F38C0 #C09F38

tetradic

#38C09F #5B38C0 #C03859 #9DC038

square

#38C09F #5B38C0 #C03859 #9DC038

split-complementary

#38C09F #C0389D #C05B38

monochromatic

#1C6151 #2A9178 #38C09F #64D2B7 #93DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38C09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#38C09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C09F

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C09F	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d4bb',
    500: '#38c09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c09f;
$custom-light: #81d4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.441,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72744,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C09F

secondary

#CB8999

accent

#4A6EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C09F

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

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