#38BFC5#38BFC5

#38BFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BFC5
RGBrgb(56, 191, 197)
HSLhsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(183, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.96, -33.13, -13.44)
CIE-LCHlch(70.96, 35.76, 202.08°)
OKLaboklab(73.71% -0.1057 -0.0373)
OKLCHoklch(73.71% 0.112 199.4)
XYZxyz(30.3352, 42.1300, 59.3456)
Luminance0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BFC5 #C53E38
analogous
#38C584 #38BFC5 #3879C5
triadic
#38BFC5 #C538BF #BFC538
tetradic
#38BFC5 #8438C5 #C53E38 #79C538
square
#38BFC5 #8438C5 #C53E38 #79C538
split-complementary
#38BFC5 #C53879 #C58438
monochromatic
#1D6366 #2A9195 #38BFC5 #67CFD4 #96DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38BFC5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43
#38BFC5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC5
9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BFC5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BFC51.002.239.439.43
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4321.001.001.00
##0000009.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1B6C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA7C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 199.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d6',
    500: '#38bfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bfc5;
$custom-light: #84d3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BFC5
secondary
#CD8F8C
accent
#4F49DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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#38BFC5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva