#38C9BC#38C9BC

#38C9BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9BC
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -40.30, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 40.55, 186.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.1196 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.12 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5903, 46.2411, 54.8277)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9BC #C93845

analogous

#38C974 #38C9BC #388DC9

triadic

#38C9BC #BC38C9 #C9BC38

tetradic

#38C9BC #7438C9 #C93845 #8DC938

square

#38C9BC #7438C9 #C93845 #8DC938

split-complementary

#38C9BC #C9388D #C97438

monochromatic

#1D6A63 #2A9A90 #38C9BC #68D6CC #98E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#38C9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9BC

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9BC	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dad0',
    500: '#38c9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9bc;
$custom-light: #84dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.621,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75849,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9BC

secondary

#CF8E94

accent

#4755E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9BC

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

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