#38C9AD#38C9AD

#38C9AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9AD
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 13.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -44.28, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 44.39, 176.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.1264 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.127 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0566, 45.6276, 46.7500)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9AD #C93854

analogous

#38C965 #38C9AD #389CC9

triadic

#38C9AD #AD38C9 #C9AD38

tetradic

#38C9AD #6538C9 #C93854 #9CC938

square

#38C9AD #6538C9 #C93854 #9CC938

split-complementary

#38C9AD #C9389C #C96538

monochromatic

#1D6A5B #2A9A84 #38C9AD #68D6C1 #98E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#38C9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9AD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9AD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac5',
    500: '#38c9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9ad;
$custom-light: #83dac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75392,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9AD

secondary

#CF8E9B

accent

#4765E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9AD

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

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