#38C7AF#38C7AF

#38C7AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7AF
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 175)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -42.90, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 42.91, 178.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.1235 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.124 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7884, 44.7792, 47.6224)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7AF #C73850

analogous

#38C768 #38C7AF #3897C7

triadic

#38C7AF #AF38C7 #C7AF38

tetradic

#38C7AF #6838C7 #C73850 #97C738

square

#38C7AF #6838C7 #C73850 #97C738

split-complementary

#38C7AF #C73897 #C76838

monochromatic

#1D675B #2B9785 #38C7AF #68D4C2 #98E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C7AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38C7AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7AF

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7AF	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9c6',
    500: '#38c7af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7af;
$custom-light: #83d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.93,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74954,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7AF

secondary

#CD8D98

accent

#4862DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7AF

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

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