#38B3C5#38B3C5

#38B3C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B3C5
RGBrgb(56, 179, 197)
HSLhsl(188, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(188, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.36, -27.31, -18.88)
CIE-LCHlch(67.36, 33.20, 214.65°)
OKLaboklab(70.8% -0.0938 -0.0525)
OKLCHoklch(70.8% 0.108 209.2)
XYZxyz(27.8247, 37.1089, 58.5088)
Luminance0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B3C5 #C54A38
analogous
#38C591 #38B3C5 #386CC5
triadic
#38B3C5 #C538B3 #B3C538
tetradic
#38B3C5 #9138C5 #C54A38 #6CC538
square
#38B3C5 #9138C5 #C54A38 #6CC538
split-complementary
#38B3C5 #C5386C #C59138
monochromatic
#1D5C66 #2A8895 #38B3C5 #67C6D4 #96D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#38B3C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42
#38B3C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3C5
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B3C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B3C51.002.498.428.42
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4221.001.001.00
##0000008.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3ACC6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8F9EC5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 209.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad6',
    500: '#38b3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b3c5;
$custom-light: #83cad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70799,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B3C5
secondary
#CD948C
accent
#5C49DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3C5

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#38B3C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva