#38C9AA#38C9AA

#38C9AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9AA
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 15.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -45.05, 4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 45.28, 174.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1278 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.128 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7695, 45.5128, 45.2383)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9AA #C93857

analogous

#38C961 #38C9AA #38A0C9

triadic

#38C9AA #AA38C9 #C9AA38

tetradic

#38C9AA #6138C9 #C93857 #A0C938

square

#38C9AA #6138C9 #C93857 #A0C938

split-complementary

#38C9AA #C938A0 #C96138

monochromatic

#1D6A59 #2A9A82 #38C9AA #68D6BF #98E3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#38C9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9AA

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9AA	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac3',
    500: '#38c9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9aa;
$custom-light: #83dac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.172,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75306,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9AA

secondary

#CF8E9C

accent

#4768E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9AA

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

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