#38C9A2#38C9A2

#38C9A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.133 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9A2
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 19.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -47.03, 8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 47.82, 169.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.1315 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.133 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0357, 45.2193, 41.3733)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9A2 #C9385F

analogous

#38C959 #38C9A2 #38A7C9

triadic

#38C9A2 #A238C9 #C9A238

tetradic

#38C9A2 #5938C9 #C9385F #A7C938

square

#38C9A2 #5938C9 #C9385F #A7C938

split-complementary

#38C9A2 #C938A7 #C95938

monochromatic

#1D6A55 #2A9A7C #38C9A2 #68D6B8 #98E3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#38C9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9A2

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9A2	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.133 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dabd',
    500: '#38c9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9a2;
$custom-light: #83dabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.862,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75085,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9A2

secondary

#CF8E9F

accent

#4770E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9A2

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

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