#38B7C0#38B7C0

#38B7C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7C0
RGBrgb(56, 183, 192)
HSLhsl(184, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.39, -30.78, -14.55)
CIE-LCHlch(68.39, 34.05, 205.30°)
OKLaboklab(71.58% -0.0999 -0.0404)
OKLCHoklch(71.58% 0.108 202)
XYZxyz(28.0746, 38.5102, 55.8125)
Luminance0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7C0 #C04138
analogous
#38C085 #38B7C0 #3873C0
triadic
#38B7C0 #C038B7 #B7C038
tetradic
#38B7C0 #8538C0 #C04138 #73C038
square
#38B7C0 #8538C0 #C04138 #73C038
split-complementary
#38B7C0 #C03873 #C08538
monochromatic
#1C5D61 #2A8A91 #38B7C0 #64CAD2 #93DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#38B7C0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70
#38B7C0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7C0
8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7C0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7C01.002.418.708.70
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7021.001.001.00
##0000008.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9AFC1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A1C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 202.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd3',
    500: '#38b7c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7c0;
$custom-light: #82cdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71581,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.38513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7C0
secondary
#CB8E89
accent
#534ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7C0

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#38B7C0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva