#38C7B8#38C7B8

#38C7B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7B8
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 184)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -40.50, -3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 40.64, 184.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.1194 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.12 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7019, 45.1447, 52.4338)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7B8 #C73847

analogous

#38C770 #38C7B8 #388FC7

triadic

#38C7B8 #B838C7 #C7B838

tetradic

#38C7B8 #7038C7 #C73847 #8FC738

square

#38C7B8 #7038C7 #C73847 #8FC738

split-complementary

#38C7B8 #C7388F #C77038

monochromatic

#1D6760 #2B978C #38C7B8 #68D4C9 #98E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C7B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#38C7B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7B8

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7B8	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8cd',
    500: '#38c7b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7b8;
$custom-light: #84d8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.706,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7523,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7B8

secondary

#CD8D94

accent

#4858DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7B8

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

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