#38C3B7#38C3B7

#38C3B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C3B7
RGBrgb(56, 195, 183)
HSLhsl(175, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(175, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 6.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.75, -38.98, -4.62)
CIE-LCHlch(71.75, 39.25, 186.76°)
OKLaboklab(74.21% -0.1159 -0.0131)
OKLCHoklch(74.21% 0.117 186.5)
XYZxyz(29.6892, 43.2864, 51.5809)
Luminance0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C3B7 #C33844
analogous
#38C372 #38C3B7 #388AC3
triadic
#38C3B7 #B738C3 #C3B738
tetradic
#38C3B7 #7238C3 #C33844 #8AC338
square
#38C3B7 #7238C3 #C33844 #8AC338
split-complementary
#38C3B7 #C3388A #C37238
monochromatic
#1D645E #2A938A #38C3B7 #65D3C9 #95E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#38C3B7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66
#38C3B7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3B7
9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C3B7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C3B71.002.179.669.66
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6621.001.001.00
##0000009.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9B8B7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5AAB8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c3b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 186.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cc',
    500: '#38c3b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c3b7;
$custom-light: #83d6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c3b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.82,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C3B7
secondary
#CC8B91
accent
#4956DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C3B7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva