#38C7CF#38C7CF

#38C7CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7CF
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -33.97, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 37.06, 203.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1093 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3118, 46.1886, 66.1790)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7CF #CF4038

analogous

#38CF8C #38C7CF #387CCF

triadic

#38C7CF #CF38C7 #C7CF38

tetradic

#38C7CF #8C38CF #CF4038 #7CCF38

square

#38C7CF #8C38CF #CF4038 #7CCF38

split-complementary

#38C7CF #CF387C #CF8C38

monochromatic

#1B6D71 #279CA3 #38C7CF #69D5DB #9BE3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#38C7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7CF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7CF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8dd',
    500: '#38c7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7cf;
$custom-light: #86d8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.179,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76009,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7CF

secondary

#D39490

accent

#4C44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7CF

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

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