#38B0C4#38B0C4

#38B0C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B0C4
RGBrgb(56, 176, 196)
HSLhsl(189, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(189, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(66.42, -26.12, -19.75)
CIE-LCHlch(66.42, 32.74, 217.09°)
OKLaboklab(70.03% -0.0913 -0.0549)
OKLCHoklch(70.03% 0.107 211)
XYZxyz(27.1158, 35.8738, 57.7091)
Luminance0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B0C4 #C44C38
analogous
#38C492 #38B0C4 #386AC4
triadic
#38B0C4 #C438B0 #B0C438
tetradic
#38B0C4 #9238C4 #C44C38 #6AC438
square
#38B0C4 #9238C4 #C44C38 #6AC438
split-complementary
#38B0C4 #C4386A #C49238
monochromatic
#1D5B65 #2A8594 #38B0C4 #66C4D3 #96D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#38B0C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18
#38B0C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C4
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B0C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B0C41.002.578.188.18
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1821.001.001.00
##0000008.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0AAC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C9BC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 211.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d5',
    500: '#38b0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b0c4;
$custom-light: #82c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70033,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B0C4
secondary
#CC958C
accent
#5E49DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38B0C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva