#38BFC7#38BFC7

#38BFC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC7
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 199)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -32.54, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 35.60, 203.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1049 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5659, 42.2222, 60.5605)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC7 #C74038

analogous

#38C788 #38BFC7 #3877C7

triadic

#38BFC7 #C738BF #BFC738

tetradic

#38BFC7 #8838C7 #C74038 #77C738

square

#38BFC7 #8838C7 #C74038 #77C738

split-complementary

#38BFC7 #C73877 #C78838

monochromatic

#1D6367 #2B9197 #38BFC7 #68CED4 #98DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BFC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38BFC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC7

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC7	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d8',
    500: '#38bfc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc7;
$custom-light: #84d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.357,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73784,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC7

secondary

#CD918D

accent

#5148DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC7

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

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