#38C5C7#38C5C7

#38C5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5C7
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 199)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -35.37, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 37.27, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1108 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.116 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9013, 44.8930, 61.0057)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5C7 #C73A38

analogous

#38C781 #38C5C7 #387EC7

triadic

#38C5C7 #C738C5 #C5C738

tetradic

#38C5C7 #8138C7 #C73A38 #7EC738

square

#38C5C7 #8138C7 #C73A38 #7EC738

split-complementary

#38C5C7 #C7387E #C78138

monochromatic

#1D6667 #2B9697 #38C5C7 #68D3D4 #98E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38C5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C7

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5C7	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7d8',
    500: '#38c5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5c7;
$custom-light: #85d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.839,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75241,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5C7

secondary

#CD8E8D

accent

#4B48DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5C7

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

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