#38C7CB#38C7CB

#38C7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C7CB
RGBrgb(56, 199, 203)
HSLhsl(182, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(182, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.54, -35.15, -12.83)
CIE-LCHlch(73.54, 37.42, 200.06°)
OKLaboklab(75.87% -0.111 -0.0356)
OKLCHoklch(75.87% 0.117 197.8)
XYZxyz(32.8289, 45.9955, 63.6361)
Luminance0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C7CB #CB3C38
analogous
#38CB86 #38C7CB #387DCB
triadic
#38C7CB #CB38C7 #C7CB38
tetradic
#38C7CB #8638CB #CB3C38 #7DCB38
square
#38C7CB #8638CB #CB3C38 #7DCB38
split-complementary
#38C7CB #CB387D #CB8638
monochromatic
#1C6A6C #299A9D #38C7CB #69D5D8 #99E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#38C7CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20
#38C7CB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7CB
10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C7CB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C7CB1.002.0610.2010.20
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2021.001.001.00
##00000010.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BECC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4AECC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CEC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 197.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8da',
    500: '#38c7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c7cb;
$custom-light: #85d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.633,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75866,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C7CB
secondary
#D0918F
accent
#4A46E2
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

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#38C7CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva