#38B4C4#38B4C4

#38B4C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B4C4
RGBrgb(56, 180, 196)
HSLhsl(187, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(187, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.62, -28.11, -17.92)
CIE-LCHlch(67.62, 33.34, 212.52°)
OKLaboklab(71% -0.0953 -0.0498)
OKLCHoklch(71% 0.108 207.6)
XYZxyz(27.9116, 37.4655, 57.9744)
Luminance0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B4C4 #C44838
analogous
#38C48E #38B4C4 #386EC4
triadic
#38B4C4 #C438B4 #B4C438
tetradic
#38B4C4 #8E38C4 #C44838 #6EC438
square
#38B4C4 #8E38C4 #C44838 #6EC438
split-complementary
#38B4C4 #C4386E #C48E38
monochromatic
#1D5D65 #2A8894 #38B4C4 #66C7D3 #96D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#38B4C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49
#38B4C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C4
8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B4C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B4C41.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4ADC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#919EC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 207.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd5',
    500: '#38b4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b4c4;
$custom-light: #83cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71003,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B4C4
secondary
#CC938C
accent
#5A49DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38B4C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva