#38BBC3#38BBC3

#38BBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BBC3
RGBrgb(56, 187, 195)
HSLhsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(183, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.70, -31.82, -14.24)
CIE-LCHlch(69.70, 34.86, 204.12°)
OKLaboklab(72.67% -0.1026 -0.0395)
OKLCHoklch(72.67% 0.11 201.1)
XYZxyz(29.2472, 40.3181, 57.8599)
Luminance0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BBC3 #C34038
analogous
#38C386 #38BBC3 #3876C3
triadic
#38BBC3 #C338BB #BBC338
tetradic
#38BBC3 #8638C3 #C34038 #76C338
square
#38BBC3 #8638C3 #C34038 #76C338
split-complementary
#38BBC3 #C33876 #C38638
monochromatic
#1D6064 #2A8D93 #38BBC3 #65CDD3 #95DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#38BBC3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#38BBC3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC3
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BBC3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BBC31.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADB3C4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A4C4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 201.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#38bbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bbc3;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.453,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BBC3
secondary
#CC8F8B
accent
#5249DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

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#38BBC3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva