#38C0BC#38C0BC

#38C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C0BC
RGBrgb(56, 192, 188)
HSLhsl(178, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(178, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.99, -36.21, -8.48)
CIE-LCHlch(70.99, 37.19, 193.18°)
OKLaboklab(73.64% -0.1106 -0.0236)
OKLCHoklch(73.64% 0.113 192.1)
XYZxyz(29.5534, 42.1674, 54.1488)
Luminance0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C0BC #C0383C
analogous
#38C078 #38C0BC #3880C0
triadic
#38C0BC #BC38C0 #C0BC38
tetradic
#38C0BC #7838C0 #C0383C #80C038
square
#38C0BC #7838C0 #C0383C #80C038
split-complementary
#38C0BC #C03880 #C07838
monochromatic
#1C615F #2A918E #38C0BC #64D2CE #93DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23
#38C0BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43
#38C0BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0BC
9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C0BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C0BC1.002.239.439.43
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4321.001.001.00
##0000009.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4B6BC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A8BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 192.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d0',
    500: '#38c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c0bc;
$custom-light: #83d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73641,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C0BC
secondary
#CB898B
accent
#4A4EDE
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C0BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva