#38C2B4#38C2B4

#38C2B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C2B4
RGBrgb(56, 194, 180)
HSLhsl(174, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(174, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.36, -39.35, -3.55)
CIE-LCHlch(71.36, 39.51, 185.16°)
OKLaboklab(73.87% -0.1162 -0.0102)
OKLCHoklch(73.87% 0.117 185)
XYZxyz(29.1570, 42.7162, 49.8795)
Luminance0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C2B4 #C23846
analogous
#38C26F #38C2B4 #388BC2
triadic
#38C2B4 #B438C2 #C2B438
tetradic
#38C2B4 #6F38C2 #C23846 #8BC238
square
#38C2B4 #6F38C2 #C23846 #8BC238
split-complementary
#38C2B4 #C2388B #C26F38
monochromatic
#1D635C #2A9388 #38C2B4 #65D2C7 #94E0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#38C2B4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54
#38C2B4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2B4
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C2B4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C2B41.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8B7B4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5A9B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 185.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d5ca',
    500: '#38c2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c2b4;
$custom-light: #83d5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C2B4
secondary
#CB8A91
accent
#4958DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C2B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva