#38C0C5#38C0C5

#38C0C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C0C5
RGBrgb(56, 192, 197)
HSLhsl(182, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(182, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.26, -33.61, -12.99)
CIE-LCHlch(71.26, 36.03, 201.13°)
OKLaboklab(73.95% -0.1067 -0.0361)
OKLCHoklch(73.95% 0.113 198.7)
XYZxyz(30.5540, 42.5676, 59.4186)
Luminance0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C0C5 #C53D38
analogous
#38C584 #38C0C5 #3879C5
triadic
#38C0C5 #C538C0 #C0C538
tetradic
#38C0C5 #8438C5 #C53D38 #79C538
square
#38C0C5 #8438C5 #C53D38 #79C538
split-complementary
#38C0C5 #C53879 #C58438
monochromatic
#1D6366 #2A9295 #38C0C5 #67D0D4 #96DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#38C0C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51
#38C0C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0C5
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C0C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C0C51.002.219.519.51
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5121.001.001.00
##0000009.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B7C6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA8C6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c0c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 198.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d6',
    500: '#38c0c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c0c5;
$custom-light: #84d3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c0c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.128,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C0C5
secondary
#CD8E8C
accent
#4E49DF
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0C5

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#38C0C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva