#38C9BE#38C9BE

#38C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.120 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9BE
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -39.75, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 40.12, 187.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1187 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.12 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8074, 46.3280, 55.9710)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9BE #C93843

analogous

#38C975 #38C9BE #388CC9

triadic

#38C9BE #BE38C9 #C9BE38

tetradic

#38C9BE #7538C9 #C93843 #8CC938

square

#38C9BE #7538C9 #C93843 #8CC938

split-complementary

#38C9BE #C9388C #C97538

monochromatic

#1D6A64 #2A9A91 #38C9BE #68D6CE #98E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#38C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9BE

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9BE	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.120 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dad1',
    500: '#38c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9be;
$custom-light: #85dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.448,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75914,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9BE

secondary

#CF8E93

accent

#4753E1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9BE

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

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