#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
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 167)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -37.91, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 37.96, 182.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.111 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.111 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5361, 37.4948, 42.4431)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B7A7	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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