#38C7CD#38C7CD

#38C7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7CD
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -34.56, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 37.22, 201.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1102 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0688, 46.0914, 64.8995)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7CD #CD3E38

analogous

#38CD88 #38C7CD #387CCD

triadic

#38C7CD #CD38C7 #C7CD38

tetradic

#38C7CD #8838CD #CD3E38 #7CCD38

square

#38C7CD #8838CD #CD3E38 #7CCD38

split-complementary

#38C7CD #CD387C #CD8838

monochromatic

#1C6B6F #289BA0 #38C7CD #69D5D9 #9AE3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#38C7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7CD

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7CD	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8dc',
    500: '#38c7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7cd;
$custom-light: #86d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75937,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7CD

secondary

#D1928F

accent

#4B45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7CD

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

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