#38CAC9#38CAC9

#38CAC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAC9
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 201)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -37.12, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 38.57, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1148 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.118 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2892, 47.2949, 62.6214)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAC9 #CA3839

analogous

#38CA80 #38CAC9 #3882CA

triadic

#38CAC9 #C938CA #CAC938

tetradic

#38CAC9 #8038CA #CA3839 #82CA38

square

#38CAC9 #8038CA #CA3839 #82CA38

split-complementary

#38CAC9 #CA3882 #CA8038

monochromatic

#1D6B6B #299B9B #38CAC9 #68D7D6 #99E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38CAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#38CAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAC9

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAC9	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dad9',
    500: '#38cac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cac9;
$custom-light: #86dad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.589,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAC9

secondary

#CF8E8F

accent

#4748E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAC9

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

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