#38C3C7#38C3C7

#38C3C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3C7
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 199)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -34.44, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 36.68, 200.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.1088 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.114 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4501, 43.9907, 60.8553)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3C7 #C73C38

analogous

#38C783 #38C3C7 #387CC7

triadic

#38C3C7 #C738C3 #C3C738

tetradic

#38C3C7 #8338C7 #C73C38 #7CC738

square

#38C3C7 #8338C7 #C73C38 #7CC738

split-complementary

#38C3C7 #C7387C #C78338

monochromatic

#1D6567 #2B9497 #38C3C7 #68D1D4 #98E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C3C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#38C3C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3C7

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3C7	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d8',
    500: '#38c3c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3c7;
$custom-light: #85d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.678,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3C7

secondary

#CD8F8D

accent

#4D48DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3C7

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

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