#38BBC7#38BBC7

#38BBC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC7
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -30.62, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.66, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1009 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.111 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7055, 40.5014, 60.2737)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC7 #C74438

analogous

#38C78B #38BBC7 #3874C7

triadic

#38BBC7 #C738BB #BBC738

tetradic

#38BBC7 #8B38C7 #C74438 #74C738

square

#38BBC7 #8B38C7 #C74438 #74C738

split-complementary

#38BBC7 #C73874 #C78B38

monochromatic

#1D6167 #2B8E97 #38BBC7 #68CBD4 #98DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BBC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38BBC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC7

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC7	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d8',
    500: '#38bbc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc7;
$custom-light: #84d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.035,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC7

secondary

#CD938D

accent

#5548DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC7

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

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