#38C9AE#38C9AE

#38C9AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9AE
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -44.02, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 44.10, 176.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.1259 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.126 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1537, 45.6665, 47.2615)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9AE #C93853

analogous

#38C966 #38C9AE #389BC9

triadic

#38C9AE #AE38C9 #C9AE38

tetradic

#38C9AE #6638C9 #C93853 #9BC938

square

#38C9AE #6638C9 #C93853 #9BC938

split-complementary

#38C9AE #C9389B #C96638

monochromatic

#1D6A5C #2A9A85 #38C9AE #68D6C2 #98E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#38C9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9AE

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9AE	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)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dac6',
    500: '#38c9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9ae;
$custom-light: #83dac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75421,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9AE

secondary

#CF8E9A

accent

#4764E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9AE

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

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