#38C7C2#38C7C2

#38C7C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7C2
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 194)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -37.73, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 38.64, 192.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1149 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.117 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7874, 45.5789, 58.1508)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7C2 #C7383D

analogous

#38C77A #38C7C2 #3885C7

triadic

#38C7C2 #C238C7 #C7C238

tetradic

#38C7C2 #7A38C7 #C7383D #85C738

square

#38C7C2 #7A38C7 #C7383D #85C738

split-complementary

#38C7C2 #C73885 #C77A38

monochromatic

#1D6765 #2B9793 #38C7C2 #68D4D1 #98E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C7C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#38C7C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7C2

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7C2	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d4',
    500: '#38c7c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7c2;
$custom-light: #85d8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.902,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75556,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7C2

secondary

#CD8D90

accent

#484EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7C2

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

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