#38C9CF#38C9CF

#38C9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9CF
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -34.91, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 37.59, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.1113 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.118 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7749, 47.1150, 66.3334)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9CF #CF3E38

analogous

#38CF8A #38C9CF #387ECF

triadic

#38C9CF #CF38C9 #C9CF38

tetradic

#38C9CF #8A38CF #CF3E38 #7ECF38

square

#38C9CF #8A38CF #CF3E38 #7ECF38

split-complementary

#38C9CF #CF387E #CF8A38

monochromatic

#1B6E71 #279EA3 #38C9CF #69D6DB #9BE4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38C9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#38C9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9CF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9CF	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadd',
    500: '#38c9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9cf;
$custom-light: #86dadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.384,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76492,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9CF

secondary

#D39390

accent

#4A44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9CF

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

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