#38C7D9#38C7D9

#38C7D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C7D9
RGB	rgb(56, 199, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -30.98, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 36.74, 212.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1052 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.119 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5732, 46.6932, 72.8227)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C7D9 #D94A38

analogous

#38D99A #38C7D9 #3876D9

triadic

#38C7D9 #D938C7 #C7D938

tetradic

#38C7D9 #9A38D9 #D94A38 #76D938

square

#38C7D9 #9A38D9 #D94A38 #76D938

split-complementary

#38C7D9 #D93876 #D99A38

monochromatic

#18737E #22A2B2 #38C7D9 #6BD5E3 #9FE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38C7D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#38C7D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C7D9

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C7D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C7D9	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 199, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d8e4',
    500: '#38c7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c7d9;
$custom-light: #87d8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.708,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7638,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C7D9

secondary

#D99C94

accent

#503DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C7D9

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

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