#38C9D1#38C9D1

#38C9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9D1
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 209)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -34.33, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 37.42, 203.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1104 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.118 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0210, 47.2134, 67.6293)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9D1 #D14038

analogous

#38D18C #38C9D1 #387DD1

triadic

#38C9D1 #D138C9 #C9D138

tetradic

#38C9D1 #8C38D1 #D14038 #7DD138

square

#38C9D1 #8C38D1 #D14038 #7DD138

split-complementary

#38C9D1 #D1387D #D18C38

monochromatic

#1B6F74 #269FA6 #38C9D1 #6AD6DC #9BE4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38C9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#38C9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9D1

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9D1	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dadf',
    500: '#38c9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9d1;
$custom-light: #86dadf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.137,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76564,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9D1

secondary

#D49491

accent

#4B42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9D1

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

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