#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
RGBrgb(56, 201, 186)
HSLhsl(174, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(174, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.65, -40.85, -3.45)
CIE-LCHlch(73.65, 40.99, 184.83°)
OKLaboklab(75.79% -0.1205 -0.01)
OKLCHoklch(75.79% 0.121 184.7)
XYZxyz(31.3762, 46.1555, 53.7001)
Luminance0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##38C9BA1.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

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

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#38C9BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva