#38C7CA#38C7CA

#38C7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7CA
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -35.44, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 37.52, 199.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1115 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.117 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7101, 45.9480, 63.0106)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7CA #CA3B38

analogous

#38CA84 #38C7CA #387ECA

triadic

#38C7CA #CA38C7 #C7CA38

tetradic

#38C7CA #8438CA #CA3B38 #7ECA38

square

#38C7CA #8438CA #CA3B38 #7ECA38

split-complementary

#38C7CA #CA387E #CA8438

monochromatic

#1D696B #29999B #38C7CA #68D5D7 #99E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38C7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#38C7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7CA

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7CA	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8da',
    500: '#38c7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7ca;
$custom-light: #85d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.233,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75831,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7CA

secondary

#CF908E

accent

#4A47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7CA

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

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