#38C4B7#38C4B7

#38C4B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4B7
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 183)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 6.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -39.43, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 39.65, 186.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1169 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.117 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9140, 43.7360, 51.6559)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4B7 #C43845

analogous

#38C471 #38C4B7 #388BC4

triadic

#38C4B7 #B738C4 #C4B738

tetradic

#38C4B7 #7138C4 #C43845 #8BC438

square

#38C4B7 #7138C4 #C43845 #8BC438

split-complementary

#38C4B7 #C4388B #C47138

monochromatic

#1D655E #2A948B #38C4B7 #66D3C9 #96E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C4B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#38C4B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4B7

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4B7	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB9B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cc',
    500: '#38c4b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4b7;
$custom-light: #83d6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4B7

secondary

#CC8C92

accent

#4957DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4B7

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

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