#38B5C4#38B5C4

#38B5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B5C4
RGBrgb(56, 181, 196)
HSLhsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(186, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.93, -28.60, -17.47)
CIE-LCHlch(67.93, 33.51, 211.41°)
OKLaboklab(71.25% -0.0962 -0.0485)
OKLCHoklch(71.25% 0.108 206.8)
XYZxyz(28.1142, 37.8707, 58.0419)
Luminance0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B5C4 #C44738
analogous
#38C48D #38B5C4 #386FC4
triadic
#38B5C4 #C438B5 #B5C438
tetradic
#38B5C4 #8D38C4 #C44738 #6FC438
square
#38B5C4 #8D38C4 #C44738 #6FC438
split-complementary
#38B5C4 #C4386F #C48D38
monochromatic
#1D5D65 #2A8994 #38B5C4 #66C8D3 #96D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#38B5C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57
#38B5C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5C4
8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B5C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B5C41.002.458.578.57
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5721.001.001.00
##0000008.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6AEC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#929FC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 206.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd5',
    500: '#38b5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b5c4;
$custom-light: #83cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71245,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B5C4
secondary
#CC938C
accent
#5949DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38B5C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva