#38BBC0#38BBC0

#38BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BBC0
RGBrgb(56, 187, 192)
HSLhsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(182, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.60, -32.70, -12.74)
CIE-LCHlch(69.60, 35.10, 201.29°)
OKLaboklab(72.56% -0.1039 -0.0354)
OKLCHoklch(72.56% 0.11 198.8)
XYZxyz(28.9114, 40.1838, 56.0915)
Luminance0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BBC0 #C03D38
analogous
#38C081 #38BBC0 #3877C0
triadic
#38BBC0 #C038BB #BBC038
tetradic
#38BBC0 #8138C0 #C03D38 #77C038
square
#38BBC0 #8138C0 #C03D38 #77C038
split-complementary
#38BBC0 #C03877 #C08138
monochromatic
#1C5F61 #2A8D91 #38BBC0 #64CED2 #93DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#38BBC0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04
#38BBC0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC0
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BBC0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BBC01.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEB2C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA4C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 198.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d3',
    500: '#38bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bbc0;
$custom-light: #83d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72557,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BBC0
secondary
#CB8C89
accent
#4F4ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC0

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#38BBC0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva