#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
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -35.15, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 37.42, 200.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.111 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.117 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8289, 45.9955, 63.6361)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38C7CB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C7CB

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

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