#38C9BD#38C9BD

#38C9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9BD
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -40.03, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 40.33, 187.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.1191 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.12 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6985, 46.2844, 55.3974)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9BD #C93844

analogous

#38C974 #38C9BD #388DC9

triadic

#38C9BD #BD38C9 #C9BD38

tetradic

#38C9BD #7438C9 #C93844 #8DC938

square

#38C9BD #7438C9 #C93844 #8DC938

split-complementary

#38C9BD #C9388D #C97438

monochromatic

#1D6A63 #2A9A91 #38C9BD #68D6CD #98E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#38C9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9BD

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9BD	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dad0',
    500: '#38c9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9bd;
$custom-light: #85dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.034,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9BD

secondary

#CF8E93

accent

#4754E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9BD

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

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