#38C7C1#38C7C1

#38C7C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C7C1
RGBrgb(56, 199, 193)
HSLhsl(177, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(177, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 0%, 3%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(73.24, -38.01, -7.85)
CIE-LCHlch(73.24, 38.81, 191.67°)
OKLaboklab(75.52% -0.1154 -0.0219)
OKLCHoklch(75.52% 0.117 190.8)
XYZxyz(31.6755, 45.5341, 57.5613)
Luminance0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C7C1 #C7383E
analogous
#38C77A #38C7C1 #3885C7
triadic
#38C7C1 #C138C7 #C7C138
tetradic
#38C7C1 #7A38C7 #C7383E #85C738
square
#38C7C1 #7A38C7 #C7383E #85C738
split-complementary
#38C7C1 #C73885 #C77A38
monochromatic
#1D6764 #2B9793 #38C7C1 #68D4D0 #98E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38C7C1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11
#38C7C1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7C1
10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C7C1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C7C11.002.0810.1110.11
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1121.001.001.00
##00000010.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBBDC1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7ADC2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c7c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 190.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d3',
    500: '#38c7c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c7c1;
$custom-light: #85d8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c7c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.483,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75523,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C7C1
secondary
#CD8D90
accent
#484FDF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0D1414
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7C1

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#38C7C1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva