#38BEC0#38BEC0

#38BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BEC0
RGBrgb(56, 190, 192)
HSLhsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.50, -34.12, -11.39)
CIE-LCHlch(70.50, 35.97, 198.45°)
OKLaboklab(73.29% -0.1069 -0.0316)
OKLCHoklch(73.29% 0.111 196.5)
XYZxyz(29.5545, 41.4699, 56.3058)
Luminance0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BEC0 #C03A38
analogous
#38C07E #38BEC0 #387AC0
triadic
#38BEC0 #C038BE #BEC038
tetradic
#38BEC0 #7E38C0 #C03A38 #7AC038
square
#38BEC0 #7E38C0 #C03A38 #7AC038
split-complementary
#38BEC0 #C0387A #C07E38
monochromatic
#1C6061 #2A8F91 #38BEC0 #64D0D2 #93DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#38BEC0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#38BEC0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC0
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BEC0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BEC01.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1B5C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA6C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 196.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d3',
    500: '#38bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bec0;
$custom-light: #83d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BEC0
secondary
#CB8A89
accent
#4C4ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC0

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#38BEC0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva