#38C8C9#38C8C9

#38C8C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8C9
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 201)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -36.19, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 37.94, 197.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1129 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.117 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8230, 46.3624, 62.4660)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8C9 #C93938

analogous

#38C982 #38C8C9 #387FC9

triadic

#38C8C9 #C938C8 #C8C938

tetradic

#38C8C9 #8238C9 #C93938 #7FC938

square

#38C8C9 #8238C9 #C93938 #7FC938

split-complementary

#38C8C9 #C9387F #C98238

monochromatic

#1D696A #2A999A #38C8C9 #68D5D6 #98E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38C8C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#38C8C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8C9

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8C9	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9d9',
    500: '#38c8c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8c9;
$custom-light: #85d9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76039,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8C9

secondary

#CF8F8E

accent

#4847E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8C9

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

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