#38C7C5#38C7C5

#38C7C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7C5
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 197)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -36.88, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 38.17, 194.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1136 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.117 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1277, 45.7150, 59.9431)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7C5 #C7383A

analogous

#38C77E #38C7C5 #3881C7

triadic

#38C7C5 #C538C7 #C7C538

tetradic

#38C7C5 #7E38C7 #C7383A #81C738

square

#38C7C5 #7E38C7 #C7383A #81C738

split-complementary

#38C7C5 #C73881 #C77E38

monochromatic

#1D6766 #2B9796 #38C7C5 #68D4D3 #98E2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C7C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#38C7C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7C5

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7C5	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d6',
    500: '#38c7c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7c5;
$custom-light: #85d8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.161,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7C5

secondary

#CD8D8E

accent

#484BDF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7C5

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

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