#38C1BA#38C1BA

#38C1BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C1BA
RGBrgb(56, 193, 186)
HSLhsl(177, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 3.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.23, -37.23, -7.02)
CIE-LCHlch(71.23, 37.89, 190.68°)
OKLaboklab(73.82% -0.1125 -0.0197)
OKLCHoklch(73.82% 0.114 189.9)
XYZxyz(29.5597, 42.5224, 53.0946)
Luminance0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C1BA #C1383F
analogous
#38C176 #38C1BA #3884C1
triadic
#38C1BA #BA38C1 #C1BA38
tetradic
#38C1BA #7638C1 #C1383F #84C138
square
#38C1BA #7638C1 #C1383F #84C138
split-complementary
#38C1BA #C13884 #C17638
monochromatic
#1C625F #2A928C #38C1BA #64D2CC #94E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#38C1BA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51
#38C1BA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BA
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C1BA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C1BA1.002.219.519.51
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5121.001.001.00
##0000009.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6B7BA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2A8BB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 189.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d4ce',
    500: '#38c1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c1ba;
$custom-light: #83d4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C1BA
secondary
#CB8A8D
accent
#4951DE
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

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#38C1BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva