#38C7BC#38C7BC

#38C7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7BC
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 5.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -39.40, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 39.76, 187.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1176 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.119 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1271, 45.3147, 54.6733)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7BC #C73843

analogous

#38C775 #38C7BC #388AC7

triadic

#38C7BC #BC38C7 #C7BC38

tetradic

#38C7BC #7538C7 #C73843 #8AC738

square

#38C7BC #7538C7 #C73843 #8AC738

split-complementary

#38C7BC #C7388A #C77538

monochromatic

#1D6762 #2B978F #38C7BC #68D4CC #98E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#38C7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7BC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7BC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8d0',
    500: '#38c7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7bc;
$custom-light: #84d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75358,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7BC

secondary

#CD8D92

accent

#4854DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7BC

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

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