#38C7AE#38C7AE

#38C7AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.124 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7AE
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 12.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -43.16, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 43.19, 177.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.124 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.124 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6905, 44.7401, 47.1071)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7AE #C73851

analogous

#38C766 #38C7AE #3899C7

triadic

#38C7AE #AE38C7 #C7AE38

tetradic

#38C7AE #6638C7 #C73851 #99C738

square

#38C7AE #6638C7 #C73851 #99C738

split-complementary

#38C7AE #C73899 #C76638

monochromatic

#1D675A #2B9784 #38C7AE #68D4C1 #98E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#38C7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7AE

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7AE	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.124 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9c6',
    500: '#38c7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7ae;
$custom-light: #83d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.51,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7AE

secondary

#CD8D99

accent

#4863DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7AE

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

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