#38C9C2#38C9C2

#38C9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.119 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9C2
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 194)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -38.64, -7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 39.35, 190.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.1169 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.119 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2506, 46.5052, 58.3052)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9C2 #C9383F

analogous

#38C979 #38C9C2 #3888C9

triadic

#38C9C2 #C238C9 #C9C238

tetradic

#38C9C2 #7938C9 #C9383F #88C938

square

#38C9C2 #7938C9 #C9383F #88C938

split-complementary

#38C9C2 #C93888 #C97938

monochromatic

#1D6A66 #2A9A95 #38C9C2 #68D6D1 #98E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38C9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#38C9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9C2

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9C2	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.119 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dad4',
    500: '#38c9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9c2;
$custom-light: #85dad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.103,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76045,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9C2

secondary

#CF8E91

accent

#474FE1

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9C2

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

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