#38B7B7#38B7B7

#38B7B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7B7
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 183)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -33.43, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 34.90, 196.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1038 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 195)
XYZ	xyz(27.1077, 38.1235, 50.7205)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7B7 #B73838

analogous

#38B778 #38B7B7 #3878B7

triadic

#38B7B7 #B738B7 #B7B738

tetradic

#38B7B7 #7838B7 #B73838 #78B738

square

#38B7B7 #7838B7 #B73838 #78B738

split-complementary

#38B7B7 #B73878 #B77838

monochromatic

#1B5959 #2A8888 #38B7B7 #5ECECE #8DDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B7B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#38B7B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7B7

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7B7	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdcc',
    500: '#38b7b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7b7;
$custom-light: #82cdcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71257,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.38127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7B7

secondary

#C78484

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7B7

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

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