#38AEBC#38AEBC

#38AEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.103 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AEBC
RGBrgb(56, 174, 188)
HSLhsl(186, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(186, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.55, -27.58, -16.64)
CIE-LCHlch(65.55, 32.22, 211.10°)
OKLaboklab(69.24% -0.0926 -0.0462)
OKLCHoklch(69.24% 0.103 206.5)
XYZxyz(25.8401, 34.7407, 52.9110)
Luminance0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AEBC #BC4638
analogous
#38BC88 #38AEBC #386CBC
triadic
#38AEBC #BC38AE #AEBC38
tetradic
#38AEBC #8838BC #BC4638 #6CBC38
square
#38AEBC #8838BC #BC4638 #6CBC38
split-complementary
#38AEBC #BC386C #BC8838
monochromatic
#1C575E #2A828D #38AEBC #61C4D0 #90D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64
#38AEBC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95
#38AEBC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEBC
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AEBC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AEBC1.002.647.957.95
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9521.001.001.00
##0000007.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9FA7BD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C99BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.103 206.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6d0',
    500: '#38aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38aebc;
$custom-light: #81c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69235,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AEBC
secondary
#C98E87
accent
#5A4ADD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

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