#38C7C6#38C7C6

#38C7C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7C6
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 198)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -36.59, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 38.02, 195.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.1132 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.117 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2427, 45.7610, 60.5486)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7C6 #C73839

analogous

#38C77E #38C7C6 #3881C7

triadic

#38C7C6 #C638C7 #C7C638

tetradic

#38C7C6 #7E38C7 #C73839 #81C738

square

#38C7C6 #7E38C7 #C73839 #81C738

split-complementary

#38C7C6 #C73881 #C77E38

monochromatic

#1D6767 #2B9796 #38C7C6 #68D4D4 #98E2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C7C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#38C7C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7C6

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7C6	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABDC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d7',
    500: '#38c7c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7c6;
$custom-light: #85d8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.58,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7C6

secondary

#CD8D8E

accent

#4849DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7C6

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

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