#38C9CA#38C9CA

#38C9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9CA
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -36.37, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 38.12, 197.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1134 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.118 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1733, 46.8743, 63.1650)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9CA #CA3938

analogous

#38CA82 #38C9CA #3880CA

triadic

#38C9CA #CA38C9 #C9CA38

tetradic

#38C9CA #8238CA #CA3938 #80CA38

square

#38C9CA #8238CA #CA3938 #80CA38

split-complementary

#38C9CA #CA3880 #CA8238

monochromatic

#1D6B6B #299B9B #38C9CA #68D6D7 #99E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38C9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#38C9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9CA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9CA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dada',
    500: '#38c9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9ca;
$custom-light: #86dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.411,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76316,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9CA

secondary

#CF8F8E

accent

#4847E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9CA

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

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