#38C7CC#38C7CC

#38C7CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7CC
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -34.85, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 37.32, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.1106 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9485, 46.0433, 64.2658)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7CC #CC3D38

analogous

#38CC87 #38C7CC #387DCC

triadic

#38C7CC #CC38C7 #C7CC38

tetradic

#38C7CC #8738CC #CC3D38 #7DCC38

square

#38C7CC #8738CC #CC3D38 #7DCC38

split-complementary

#38C7CC #CC387D #CC8738

monochromatic

#1C6B6E #299A9E #38C7CC #69D5D8 #99E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38C7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#38C7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7CC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7CC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8db',
    500: '#38c7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7cc;
$custom-light: #86d8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.027,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75902,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7CC

secondary

#D1918F

accent

#4B45E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7CC

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

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