#38C9C8#38C9C8

#38C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9C8
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -36.94, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 38.39, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1143 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.118 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9381, 46.7802, 61.9259)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9C8 #C93839

analogous

#38C97F #38C9C8 #3882C9

triadic

#38C9C8 #C838C9 #C9C838

tetradic

#38C9C8 #7F38C9 #C93839 #82C938

square

#38C9C8 #7F38C9 #C93839 #82C938

split-complementary

#38C9C8 #C93882 #C97F38

monochromatic

#1D6A69 #2A9A99 #38C9C8 #68D6D5 #98E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#38C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9C8

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9C8	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dad8',
    500: '#38c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9c8;
$custom-light: #85dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.586,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76247,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9C8

secondary

#CF8E8F

accent

#4748E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9C8

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

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