#38C0BF#38C0BF

#38C0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C0BF
RGBrgb(56, 192, 191)
HSLhsl(180, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(180, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.08, -35.35, -9.99)
CIE-LCHlch(71.08, 36.73, 195.77°)
OKLaboklab(73.74% -0.1093 -0.0278)
OKLCHoklch(73.74% 0.113 194.3)
XYZxyz(29.8802, 42.2981, 55.8697)
Luminance0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C0BF #C03839
analogous
#38C07B #38C0BF #387DC0
triadic
#38C0BF #BF38C0 #C0BF38
tetradic
#38C0BF #7B38C0 #C03839 #7DC038
square
#38C0BF #7B38C0 #C03839 #7DC038
split-complementary
#38C0BF #C0387D #C07B38
monochromatic
#1C6161 #2A9190 #38C0BF #64D2D1 #93DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#38C0BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46
#38C0BF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0BF
9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C0BF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C0BF1.002.229.469.46
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4621.001.001.00
##0000009.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4B7BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A8C0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 194.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d2',
    500: '#38c0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c0bf;
$custom-light: #83d3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.559,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C0BF
secondary
#CB898A
accent
#4A4BDE
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C0BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva