#38C1C7#38C1C7

#38C1C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1C7
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 199)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 3%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -33.49, -13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 36.13, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.1069 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.113 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0050, 43.1005, 60.7069)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1C7 #C73E38

analogous

#38C785 #38C1C7 #387AC7

triadic

#38C1C7 #C738C1 #C1C738

tetradic

#38C1C7 #8538C7 #C73E38 #7AC738

square

#38C1C7 #8538C7 #C73E38 #7AC738

split-complementary

#38C1C7 #C7387A #C78538

monochromatic

#1D6467 #2B9397 #38C1C7 #68D0D4 #98DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C1C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#38C1C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1C7

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1C7	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d8',
    500: '#38c1c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1c7;
$custom-light: #84d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.517,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74269,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1C7

secondary

#CD908D

accent

#4F48DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1C7

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

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