#38C7B6#38C7B6

#38C7B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7B6
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -41.04, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 41.11, 183.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1203 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.121 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4937, 45.0614, 51.3375)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7B6 #C73849

analogous

#38C76E #38C7B6 #3891C7

triadic

#38C7B6 #B638C7 #C7B638

tetradic

#38C7B6 #6E38C7 #C73849 #91C738

square

#38C7B6 #6E38C7 #C73849 #91C738

split-complementary

#38C7B6 #C73891 #C76E38

monochromatic

#1D675F #2B978A #38C7B6 #68D4C8 #98E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C7B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#38C7B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7B6

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7B6	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8cb',
    500: '#38c7b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7b6;
$custom-light: #84d8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.867,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7B6

secondary

#CD8D95

accent

#485ADF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7B6

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

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