#38B7A7#38B7A7

#38B7A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7A7
RGBrgb(56, 183, 167)
HSLhsl(172, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(172, 69%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.65, -37.91, -1.88)
CIE-LCHlch(67.65, 37.96, 182.84°)
OKLaboklab(70.73% -0.111 -0.0057)
OKLCHoklch(70.73% 0.111 182.9)
XYZxyz(25.5361, 37.4948, 42.4431)
Luminance0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7A7 #B73848
analogous
#38B768 #38B7A7 #3888B7
triadic
#38B7A7 #A738B7 #B7A738
tetradic
#38B7A7 #6838B7 #B73848 #88B738
square
#38B7A7 #6838B7 #B73848 #88B738
split-complementary
#38B7A7 #B73888 #B76838
monochromatic
#1B5951 #2A887C #38B7A7 #5ECEC0 #8DDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#38B7A7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50
#38B7A7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7A7
8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7A7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7A71.002.478.508.50
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5021.001.001.00
##0000008.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEACA6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C9FA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 182.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdc1',
    500: '#38b7a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7a7;
$custom-light: #80cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.441,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70725,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7A7
secondary
#C7848C
accent
#4B5EDD
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F7
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7A7

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#38B7A7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva