#38BBC6#38BBC6

#38BBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BBC6
RGBrgb(56, 187, 198)
HSLhsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.79, -30.92, -15.74)
CIE-LCHlch(69.79, 34.70, 206.98°)
OKLaboklab(72.78% -0.1014 -0.0437)
OKLCHoklch(72.78% 0.11 203.3)
XYZxyz(29.5898, 40.4551, 59.6643)
Luminance0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BBC6 #C64338
analogous
#38C68A #38BBC6 #3874C6
triadic
#38BBC6 #C638BB #BBC638
tetradic
#38BBC6 #8A38C6 #C64338 #74C638
square
#38BBC6 #8A38C6 #C64338 #74C638
split-complementary
#38BBC6 #C63874 #C68A38
monochromatic
#1D6167 #2B8E96 #38BBC6 #67CCD4 #97DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#38BBC6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09
#38BBC6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC6
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BBC6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BBC61.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB3C7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A4C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 203.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d7',
    500: '#38bbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bbc6;
$custom-light: #84d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.648,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72776,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BBC6
secondary
#CD928D
accent
#5449DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC6

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#38BBC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva