#38C9BA#38C9BA

#38C9BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9BA
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -40.85, -3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 40.99, 184.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.1205 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.121 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3762, 46.1555, 53.7001)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9BA #C93847

analogous

#38C971 #38C9BA #388FC9

triadic

#38C9BA #BA38C9 #C9BA38

tetradic

#38C9BA #7138C9 #C93847 #8FC938

square

#38C9BA #7138C9 #C93847 #8FC938

split-complementary

#38C9BA #C9388F #C97138

monochromatic

#1D6A62 #2A9A8E #38C9BA #68D6CB #98E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#38C9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9BA

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9BA	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dace',
    500: '#38c9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9ba;
$custom-light: #84dace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9BA

secondary

#CF8E95

accent

#4757E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9BA

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

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