#38C1C8#38C1C8

#38C1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C1C8
RGBrgb(56, 193, 200)
HSLhsl(183, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.65, -33.20, -14.03)
CIE-LCHlch(71.65, 36.04, 202.91°)
OKLaboklab(74.3% -0.1064 -0.039)
OKLCHoklch(74.3% 0.113 200.1)
XYZxyz(31.1215, 43.1471, 61.3204)
Luminance0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C1C8 #C83F38
analogous
#38C887 #38C1C8 #3879C8
triadic
#38C1C8 #C838C1 #C1C838
tetradic
#38C1C8 #8738C8 #C83F38 #79C838
square
#38C1C8 #8738C8 #C83F38 #79C838
split-complementary
#38C1C8 #C83879 #C88738
monochromatic
#1D6569 #2A9399 #38C1C8 #68D0D5 #98DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#38C1C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63
#38C1C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1C8
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C1C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C1C81.002.189.639.63
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6321.001.001.00
##0000009.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3B8C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA9C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 200.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4d8',
    500: '#38c1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c1c8;
$custom-light: #84d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C1C8
secondary
#CE918E
accent
#4F48E0
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#38C1C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva