#38C2B7#38C2B7

#38C2B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.116 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2B7
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 183)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 5.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -38.52, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 38.85, 187.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.1149 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.116 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4659, 42.8397, 51.5065)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2B7 #C23843

analogous

#38C272 #38C2B7 #3888C2

triadic

#38C2B7 #B738C2 #C2B738

tetradic

#38C2B7 #7238C2 #C23843 #88C238

square

#38C2B7 #7238C2 #C23843 #88C238

split-complementary

#38C2B7 #C23888 #C27238

monochromatic

#1D635D #2A938A #38C2B7 #65D2CA #94E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38C2B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#38C2B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B7

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2B7	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.116 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5cc',
    500: '#38c2b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2b7;
$custom-light: #83d5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73967,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2B7

secondary

#CB8A90

accent

#4955DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2B7

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

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