#38C2C9#38C2C9

#38C2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C9
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 201)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -33.38, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 36.23, 202.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.107 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.114 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4606, 43.6376, 62.0118)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C9 #C93F38

analogous

#38C988 #38C2C9 #3879C9

triadic

#38C2C9 #C938C2 #C2C938

tetradic

#38C2C9 #8838C9 #C93F38 #79C938

square

#38C2C9 #8838C9 #C93F38 #79C938

split-complementary

#38C2C9 #C93879 #C98838

monochromatic

#1D666A #2A959A #38C2C9 #68D1D6 #98E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#38C2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C9

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C9	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d9',
    500: '#38c2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c9;
$custom-light: #85d5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.897,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C9

secondary

#CF918E

accent

#4F47E1

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C9

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

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