#38C7C3#38C7C3

#38C7C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7C3
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 195)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -37.44, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 38.48, 193.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1145 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.117 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9001, 45.6239, 58.7442)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7C3 #C7383C

analogous

#38C77C #38C7C3 #3883C7

triadic

#38C7C3 #C338C7 #C7C338

tetradic

#38C7C3 #7C38C7 #C7383C #83C738

square

#38C7C3 #7C38C7 #C7383C #83C738

split-complementary

#38C7C3 #C73883 #C77C38

monochromatic

#1D6765 #2B9794 #38C7C3 #68D4D1 #98E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C7C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#38C7C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7C3

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7C3	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d5',
    500: '#38c7c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7c3;
$custom-light: #85d8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.322,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7C3

secondary

#CD8D8F

accent

#484DDF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7C3

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

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