#38C9CC#38C9CC

#38C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9CC
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -35.79, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 37.89, 199.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1126 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.118 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4117, 46.9697, 64.4202)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9CC #CC3B38

analogous

#38CC85 #38C9CC #387FCC

triadic

#38C9CC #CC38C9 #C9CC38

tetradic

#38C9CC #8538CC #CC3B38 #7FCC38

square

#38C9CC #8538CC #CC3B38 #7FCC38

split-complementary

#38C9CC #CC387F #CC8538

monochromatic

#1C6C6E #299C9E #38C9CC #69D6D8 #99E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#38C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9CC

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9CC	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadb',
    500: '#38c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9cc;
$custom-light: #86dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.216,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76386,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9CC

secondary

#D1908F

accent

#4945E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9CC

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

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