#38CCC9#38CCC9

#38CCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCC9
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -38.03, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 39.23, 194.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.1168 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.12 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7615, 48.2395, 62.7788)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCC9 #CC383B

analogous

#38CC7F #38CCC9 #3885CC

triadic

#38CCC9 #C938CC #CCC938

tetradic

#38CCC9 #7F38CC #CC383B #85CC38

square

#38CCC9 #7F38CC #CC383B #85CC38

split-complementary

#38CCC9 #CC3885 #CC7F38

monochromatic

#1C6E6C #299E9C #38CCC9 #69D8D6 #99E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#38CCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCC9

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCC9	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcd9',
    500: '#38ccc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccc9;
$custom-light: #86dcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.784,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7701,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCC9

secondary

#D18F90

accent

#4549E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCC9

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

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