#38C0C3#38C0C3

#38C0C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C0C3
RGBrgb(56, 192, 195)
HSLhsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(181, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.20, -34.19, -11.99)
CIE-LCHlch(71.20, 36.23, 199.32°)
OKLaboklab(73.88% -0.1076 -0.0333)
OKLCHoklch(73.88% 0.113 197.2)
XYZxyz(30.3264, 42.4766, 58.2197)
Luminance0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C0C3 #C33B38
analogous
#38C381 #38C0C3 #387BC3
triadic
#38C0C3 #C338C0 #C0C338
tetradic
#38C0C3 #8138C3 #C33B38 #7BC338
square
#38C0C3 #8138C3 #C33B38 #7BC338
split-complementary
#38C0C3 #C3387B #C38138
monochromatic
#1D6264 #2A9193 #38C0C3 #65D1D3 #95DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#38C0C3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50
#38C0C3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0C3
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C0C3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C0C31.002.219.509.50
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5021.001.001.00
##0000009.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3B7C3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA8C4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c0c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 197.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d5',
    500: '#38c0c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c0c3;
$custom-light: #84d3d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c0c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.295,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C0C3
secondary
#CC8C8B
accent
#4C49DF
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0C3

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#38C0C3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva