#38C9BB#38C9BB

#38C9BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9BB
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -40.57, -3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 40.77, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.12 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.121 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4829, 46.1982, 54.2620)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9BB #C93846

analogous

#38C972 #38C9BB #388EC9

triadic

#38C9BB #BB38C9 #C9BB38

tetradic

#38C9BB #7238C9 #C93846 #8EC938

square

#38C9BB #7238C9 #C93846 #8EC938

split-complementary

#38C9BB #C9388E #C97238

monochromatic

#1D6A62 #2A9A8F #38C9BB #68D6CB #98E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#38C9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9BB

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9BB	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dacf',
    500: '#38c9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9bb;
$custom-light: #84dacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75817,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9BB

secondary

#CF8E94

accent

#4756E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9BB

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

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