#38C2C7#38C2C7

#38C2C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C7
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 199)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -33.97, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 36.40, 201.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.1078 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.114 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2268, 43.5441, 60.7808)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C7 #C73D38

analogous

#38C785 #38C2C7 #387AC7

triadic

#38C2C7 #C738C2 #C2C738

tetradic

#38C2C7 #8538C7 #C73D38 #7AC738

square

#38C2C7 #8538C7 #C73D38 #7AC738

split-complementary

#38C2C7 #C7387A #C78538

monochromatic

#1D6567 #2B9397 #38C2C7 #68D1D4 #98DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#38C2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C7

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C7	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d8',
    500: '#38c2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c7;
$custom-light: #84d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74512,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C7

secondary

#CD908D

accent

#4E48DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C7

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

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