#38C7B3#38C7B3

#38C7B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7B3
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 179)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -41.84, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 41.85, 181.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.1217 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.122 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1870, 44.9387, 49.7222)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7B3 #C7384C

analogous

#38C76B #38C7B3 #3894C7

triadic

#38C7B3 #B338C7 #C7B338

tetradic

#38C7B3 #6B38C7 #C7384C #94C738

square

#38C7B3 #6B38C7 #C7384C #94C738

split-complementary

#38C7B3 #C73894 #C76B38

monochromatic

#1D675D #2B9788 #38C7B3 #68D4C5 #98E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C7B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#38C7B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7B3

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7B3	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d9c9',
    500: '#38c7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7b3;
$custom-light: #83d9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.608,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75075,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7B3

secondary

#CD8D96

accent

#485EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7B3

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

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