#38C7BA#38C7BA

#38C7BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7BA
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 6.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -39.95, -4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 40.19, 186.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.1185 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.119 186)
XYZ	xyz(30.9130, 45.2291, 53.5457)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7BA #C73845

analogous

#38C772 #38C7BA #388DC7

triadic

#38C7BA #BA38C7 #C7BA38

tetradic

#38C7BA #7238C7 #C73845 #8DC738

square

#38C7BA #7238C7 #C73845 #8DC738

split-complementary

#38C7BA #C7388D #C77238

monochromatic

#1D6761 #2B978D #38C7BA #68D4CB #98E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#38C7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7BA

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7BA	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8ce',
    500: '#38c7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7ba;
$custom-light: #84d8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75294,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.45233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7BA

secondary

#CD8D93

accent

#4856DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7BA

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

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