#38C9CD#38C9CD

#38C9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9CD
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -35.50, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 37.78, 200.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.1121 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.118 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5320, 47.0178, 65.0539)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9CD #CD3C38

analogous

#38CD86 #38C9CD #387ECD

triadic

#38C9CD #CD38C9 #C9CD38

tetradic

#38C9CD #8638CD #CD3C38 #7ECD38

square

#38C9CD #8638CD #CD3C38 #7ECD38

split-complementary

#38C9CD #CD387E #CD8638

monochromatic

#1C6D6F #289CA0 #38C9CD #69D6D9 #9AE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#38C9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#38C9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9CD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9CD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadc',
    500: '#38c9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9cd;
$custom-light: #86dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.611,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76421,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9CD

secondary

#D1918F

accent

#4945E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9CD

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

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