#38C1BE#38C1BE

#38C1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C1BE
RGBrgb(56, 193, 190)
HSLhsl(179, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(179, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.35, -36.10, -9.03)
CIE-LCHlch(71.35, 37.21, 194.05°)
OKLaboklab(73.95% -0.1108 -0.0252)
OKLCHoklch(73.95% 0.114 192.8)
XYZxyz(29.9908, 42.6948, 55.3655)
Luminance0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C1BE #C1383B
analogous
#38C17A #38C1BE #3880C1
triadic
#38C1BE #BE38C1 #C1BE38
tetradic
#38C1BE #7A38C1 #C1383B #80C138
square
#38C1BE #7A38C1 #C1383B #80C138
split-complementary
#38C1BE #C13880 #C17A38
monochromatic
#1C6261 #2A928F #38C1BE #64D2D0 #94E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#38C1BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54
#38C1BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1BE
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C1BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C1BE1.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5B7BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1A8BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 192.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d1',
    500: '#38c1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c1be;
$custom-light: #84d4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C1BE
secondary
#CB8A8B
accent
#494DDE
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C1BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva