#38CBC9#38CBC9

#38CBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBC9
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -37.57, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 38.90, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.1158 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.119 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5246, 47.7656, 62.6998)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBC9 #CB383A

analogous

#38CB7F #38CBC9 #3883CB

triadic

#38CBC9 #C938CB #CBC938

tetradic

#38CBC9 #7F38CB #CB383A #83CB38

square

#38CBC9 #7F38CB #CB383A #83CB38

split-complementary

#38CBC9 #CB3883 #CB7F38

monochromatic

#1C6C6B #299D9B #38CBC9 #69D8D6 #99E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#38CBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBC9

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBC9	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbd9',
    500: '#38cbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbc9;
$custom-light: #86dbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.184,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76767,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBC9

secondary

#D08F90

accent

#4648E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBC9

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

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