#38C7B5#38C7B5

#38C7B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.121 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7B5
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -41.31, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 41.35, 182.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.1208 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.121 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3908, 45.0202, 50.7952)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7B5 #C7384A

analogous

#38C76E #38C7B5 #3891C7

triadic

#38C7B5 #B538C7 #C7B538

tetradic

#38C7B5 #6E38C7 #C7384A #91C738

square

#38C7B5 #6E38C7 #C7384A #91C738

split-complementary

#38C7B5 #C73891 #C76E38

monochromatic

#1D675E #2B978A #38C7B5 #68D4C7 #98E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C7B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#38C7B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7B5

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7B5	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.121 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8cb',
    500: '#38c7b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7b5;
$custom-light: #84d8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.448,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75137,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7B5

secondary

#CD8D95

accent

#485BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7B5

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

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