#38AEC5#38AEC5

#38AEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.107 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38AEC5
RGBrgb(56, 174, 197)
HSLhsl(190, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(190, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.86, -24.80, -21.16)
CIE-LCHlch(65.86, 32.60, 220.47°)
OKLaboklab(69.59% -0.0889 -0.0589)
OKLCHoklch(69.59% 0.107 213.5)
XYZxyz(26.8407, 35.1409, 58.1808)
Luminance0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38AEC5 #C54F38
analogous
#38C595 #38AEC5 #3868C5
triadic
#38AEC5 #C538AE #AEC538
tetradic
#38AEC5 #9538C5 #C54F38 #68C538
square
#38AEC5 #9538C5 #C54F38 #68C538
split-complementary
#38AEC5 #C53868 #C59538
monochromatic
#1D5A66 #2A8495 #38AEC5 #67C2D4 #96D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#38AEC5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03
#38AEC5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AEC5
8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38AEC5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38AEC51.002.628.038.03
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0321.001.001.00
##0000008.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DA8C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#899AC5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38aec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.107 213.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6d6',
    500: '#38aec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38aec5;
$custom-light: #82c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38aec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.787,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6959,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38AEC5
secondary
#CD978C
accent
#6149DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38AEC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva