#38C9AC#38C9AC

#38C9AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9AC
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 14.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -44.54, 3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 44.68, 175.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1269 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.127 176)
XYZ	xyz(29.9602, 45.5891, 46.2423)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9AC #C93855

analogous

#38C963 #38C9AC #389DC9

triadic

#38C9AC #AC38C9 #C9AC38

tetradic

#38C9AC #6338C9 #C93855 #9DC938

square

#38C9AC #6338C9 #C93855 #9DC938

split-complementary

#38C9AC #C9389D #C96338

monochromatic

#1D6A5A #2A9A84 #38C9AC #68D6C0 #98E3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#38C9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9AC

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9AC	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac4',
    500: '#38c9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9ac;
$custom-light: #83dac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75363,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.45593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9AC

secondary

#CF8E9B

accent

#4766E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9AC

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

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