#38CBC7#38CBC7

#38CBC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBC7
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 199)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -38.14, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 39.20, 193.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.1167 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.119 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2909, 47.6722, 61.4689)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBC7 #CB383C

analogous

#38CB7D #38CBC7 #3886CB

triadic

#38CBC7 #C738CB #CBC738

tetradic

#38CBC7 #7D38CB #CB383C #86CB38

square

#38CBC7 #7D38CB #CB383C #86CB38

split-complementary

#38CBC7 #CB3886 #CB7D38

monochromatic

#1C6C6A #299D9A #38CBC7 #69D8D5 #99E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#38CBC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#38CBC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBC7

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBC7	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbd7',
    500: '#38cbc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbc7;
$custom-light: #86dbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.367,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76699,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBC7

secondary

#D08F91

accent

#464AE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBC7

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

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