#38C4C7#38C4C7

#38C4C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4C7
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 199)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -34.91, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 36.97, 199.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1098 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.115 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6750, 44.4404, 60.9302)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4C7 #C73B38

analogous

#38C783 #38C4C7 #387CC7

triadic

#38C4C7 #C738C4 #C4C738

tetradic

#38C4C7 #8338C7 #C73B38 #7CC738

square

#38C4C7 #8338C7 #C73B38 #7CC738

split-complementary

#38C4C7 #C7387C #C78338

monochromatic

#1D6667 #2B9597 #38C4C7 #68D2D4 #98E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#38C4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4C7

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4C7	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d8',
    500: '#38c4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4c7;
$custom-light: #85d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.259,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74998,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4C7

secondary

#CD8F8D

accent

#4C48DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4C7

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

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