#38ACC0#38ACC0

#38ACC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.104 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38ACC0
RGBrgb(56, 172, 192)
HSLhsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(189, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.08, -25.35, -19.57)
CIE-LCHlch(65.08, 32.03, 217.67°)
OKLaboklab(68.9% -0.0889 -0.0544)
OKLCHoklch(68.9% 0.104 211.5)
XYZxyz(25.8938, 34.1486, 55.0856)
Luminance0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38ACC0 #C04C38
analogous
#38C090 #38ACC0 #3868C0
triadic
#38ACC0 #C038AC #ACC038
tetradic
#38ACC0 #9038C0 #C04C38 #68C038
square
#38ACC0 #9038C0 #C04C38 #68C038
split-complementary
#38ACC0 #C03868 #C09038
monochromatic
#1C5761 #2A8291 #38ACC0 #64C1D2 #93D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#38ACC0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83
#38ACC0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC0
7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38ACC0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38ACC01.002.687.837.83
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8321.001.001.00
##0000007.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CA6C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8998C0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.104 211.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d3',
    500: '#38acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38acc0;
$custom-light: #81c5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68904,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38ACC0
secondary
#CB9389
accent
#5F4ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC0

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

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#38ACC0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva