#38C2D3#38C2D3

#38C2D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C2D3
RGBrgb(56, 194, 211)
HSLhsl(187, 64%, 52%)
HSVhsv(187, 73%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(73.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(72.31, -30.39, -19.04)
CIE-LCHlch(72.31, 35.86, 212.07°)
OKLaboklab(74.96% -0.1028 -0.0529)
OKLCHoklch(74.96% 0.116 207.2)
XYZxyz(32.6754, 44.1236, 68.4100)
Luminance0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C2D3 #D34938
analogous
#38D397 #38C2D3 #3874D3
triadic
#38C2D3 #D338C2 #C2D338
tetradic
#38C2D3 #9738D3 #D34938 #74D338
square
#38C2D3 #9738D3 #D34938 #74D338
split-complementary
#38C2D3 #D33874 #D39738
monochromatic
#1A6C76 #259AA9 #38C2D3 #6AD1DE #9CE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#38C2D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83
#38C2D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2D3
9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C2D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C2D31.002.149.839.83
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8321.001.001.00
##0000009.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1BAD4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CABD3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c2d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 207.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5e0',
    500: '#38c2d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c2d3;
$custom-light: #86d5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c2d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.581,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74955,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C2D3
secondary
#D59992
accent
#5341E7
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2D3

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#38C2D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva