#38BAC5#38BAC5

#38BAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BAC5
RGBrgb(56, 186, 197)
HSLhsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(185, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.46, -30.74, -15.70)
CIE-LCHlch(69.46, 34.51, 207.05°)
OKLaboklab(72.5% -0.1008 -0.0436)
OKLCHoklch(72.5% 0.11 203.4)
XYZxyz(29.2634, 39.9863, 58.9884)
Luminance0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BAC5 #C54338
analogous
#38C58A #38BAC5 #3874C5
triadic
#38BAC5 #C538BA #BAC538
tetradic
#38BAC5 #8A38C5 #C54338 #74C538
square
#38BAC5 #8A38C5 #C54338 #74C538
split-complementary
#38BAC5 #C53874 #C58A38
monochromatic
#1D6066 #2A8D95 #38BAC5 #67CBD4 #96DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#38BAC5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00
#38BAC5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC5
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BAC5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BAC51.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB2C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97A3C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 203.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd6',
    500: '#38bac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bac5;
$custom-light: #83cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BAC5
secondary
#CD918C
accent
#5449DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC5

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#38BAC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva