#38C3C7#38C3C7

#38C3C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C3C7
RGBrgb(56, 195, 199)
HSLhsl(182, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(182, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.22, -34.44, -12.64)
CIE-LCHlch(72.22, 36.68, 200.15°)
OKLaboklab(74.76% -0.1088 -0.0351)
OKLCHoklch(74.76% 0.114 197.9)
XYZxyz(31.4501, 43.9907, 60.8553)
Luminance0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C3C7 #C73C38
analogous
#38C783 #38C3C7 #387CC7
triadic
#38C3C7 #C738C3 #C3C738
tetradic
#38C3C7 #8338C7 #C73C38 #7CC738
square
#38C3C7 #8338C7 #C73C38 #7CC738
split-complementary
#38C3C7 #C7387C #C78338
monochromatic
#1D6567 #2B9497 #38C3C7 #68D1D4 #98E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#38C3C7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80
#38C3C7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3C7
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C3C7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C3C71.002.149.809.80
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8021.001.001.00
##0000009.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5BAC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1ABC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CAC4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c3c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 197.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5d8',
    500: '#38c3c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c3c7;
$custom-light: #85d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c3c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.678,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C3C7
secondary
#CD8F8D
accent
#4D48DF
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3C7

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#38C3C7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva