#38BDC0#38BDC0

#38BDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BDC0
RGBrgb(56, 189, 192)
HSLhsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.20, -33.65, -11.84)
CIE-LCHlch(70.20, 35.67, 199.38°)
OKLaboklab(73.05% -0.1059 -0.0329)
OKLCHoklch(73.05% 0.111 197.2)
XYZxyz(29.3386, 41.0383, 56.2339)
Luminance0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BDC0 #C03B38
analogous
#38C07F #38BDC0 #3879C0
triadic
#38BDC0 #C038BD #BDC038
tetradic
#38BDC0 #7F38C0 #C03B38 #79C038
square
#38BDC0 #7F38C0 #C03B38 #79C038
split-complementary
#38BDC0 #C03879 #C07F38
monochromatic
#1C6061 #2A8E91 #38BDC0 #64CFD2 #93DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#38BDC0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21
#38BDC0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC0
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BDC0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BDC01.002.289.219.21
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2121.001.001.00
##0000009.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B4C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA5C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 197.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d1d3',
    500: '#38bdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bdc0;
$custom-light: #83d1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BDC0
secondary
#CB8B89
accent
#4D4ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC0

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#38BDC0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva