#38C3B7#38C3B7

#38C3B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3B7
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 183)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 6.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -38.98, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 39.25, 186.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1159 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.117 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6892, 43.2864, 51.5809)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3B7 #C33844

analogous

#38C372 #38C3B7 #388AC3

triadic

#38C3B7 #B738C3 #C3B738

tetradic

#38C3B7 #7238C3 #C33844 #8AC338

square

#38C3B7 #7238C3 #C33844 #8AC338

split-complementary

#38C3B7 #C3388A #C37238

monochromatic

#1D645E #2A938A #38C3B7 #65D3C9 #95E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C3B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#38C3B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3B7

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3B7	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B8B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cc',
    500: '#38c3b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3b7;
$custom-light: #83d6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.82,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3B7

secondary

#CC8B91

accent

#4956DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3B7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →