#38C4B5#38C4B5

#38C4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4B5
RGBrgb(56, 196, 181)
HSLhsl(174, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(174, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.00, -39.97, -3.16)
CIE-LCHlch(72.00, 40.10, 184.53°)
OKLaboklab(74.4% -0.1178 -0.0092)
OKLCHoklch(74.4% 0.118 184.5)
XYZxyz(29.7073, 43.6533, 50.5674)
Luminance0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4B5 #C43847
analogous
#38C46F #38C4B5 #388DC4
triadic
#38C4B5 #B538C4 #C4B538
tetradic
#38C4B5 #6F38C4 #C43847 #8DC438
square
#38C4B5 #6F38C4 #C43847 #8DC438
split-complementary
#38C4B5 #C4388D #C46F38
monochromatic
#1D655D #2A9489 #38C4B5 #66D3C8 #96E1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#38C4B5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73
#38C4B5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4B5
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4B5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4B51.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAB9B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7AAB7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 184.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d6cb',
    500: '#38c4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4b5;
$custom-light: #83d6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74396,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4B5
secondary
#CC8C93
accent
#4959DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C4B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva