#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
RGBrgb(56, 204, 201)
HSLhsl(179, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(179, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(74.98, -38.03, -9.61)
CIE-LCHlch(74.98, 39.23, 194.18°)
OKLaboklab(77.01% -0.1168 -0.0268)
OKLCHoklch(77.01% 0.12 192.9)
XYZxyz(33.7615, 48.2395, 62.7788)
Luminance0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38CCC91.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

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

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#38CCC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva