#38C7C9#38C7C9

#38C7C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7C9
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 201)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -35.73, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 37.64, 198.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1119 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.117 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5921, 45.9007, 62.3890)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7C9 #C93A38

analogous

#38C983 #38C7C9 #387EC9

triadic

#38C7C9 #C938C7 #C7C938

tetradic

#38C7C9 #8338C9 #C93A38 #7EC938

square

#38C7C9 #8338C9 #C93A38 #7EC938

split-complementary

#38C7C9 #C9387E #C98338

monochromatic

#1D696A #2A989A #38C7C9 #68D5D6 #98E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38C7C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#38C7C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7C9

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7C9	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d9',
    500: '#38c7c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7c9;
$custom-light: #85d8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75796,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7C9

secondary

#CF8F8E

accent

#4947E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7C9

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

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