#38BEC8#38BEC8

#38BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BEC8
RGBrgb(56, 190, 200)
HSLhsl(184, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(184, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.76, -31.77, -15.39)
CIE-LCHlch(70.76, 35.30, 205.84°)
OKLaboklab(73.58% -0.1035 -0.0427)
OKLCHoklch(73.58% 0.112 202.4)
XYZxyz(30.4651, 41.8342, 61.1016)
Luminance0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BEC8 #C84238
analogous
#38C88A #38BEC8 #3876C8
triadic
#38BEC8 #C838BE #BEC838
tetradic
#38BEC8 #8A38C8 #C84238 #76C838
square
#38BEC8 #8A38C8 #C84238 #76C838
split-complementary
#38BEC8 #C83876 #C88A38
monochromatic
#1D6369 #2A9199 #38BEC8 #68CED5 #98DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#38BEC8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37
#38BEC8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC8
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BEC8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BEC81.002.249.379.37
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3721.001.001.00
##0000009.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFB6C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA7C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 202.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d8',
    500: '#38bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bec8;
$custom-light: #84d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BEC8
secondary
#CE928E
accent
#5248E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC8

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#38BEC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva