#38C4BB#38C4BB

#38C4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4BB
RGBrgb(56, 196, 187)
HSLhsl(176, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(176, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.16, -38.32, -6.18)
CIE-LCHlch(72.16, 38.82, 189.17°)
OKLaboklab(74.59% -0.1151 -0.0174)
OKLCHoklch(74.59% 0.116 188.6)
XYZxyz(30.3363, 43.9049, 53.8797)
Luminance0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4BB #C43841
analogous
#38C475 #38C4BB #3887C4
triadic
#38C4BB #BB38C4 #C4BB38
tetradic
#38C4BB #7538C4 #C43841 #87C438
square
#38C4BB #7538C4 #C43841 #87C438
split-complementary
#38C4BB #C43887 #C47538
monochromatic
#1D6560 #2A948E #38C4BB #66D3CC #96E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#38C4BB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78
#38C4BB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BB
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4BB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4BB1.002.159.789.78
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7821.001.001.00
##0000009.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9B9BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5ABBC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 188.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6cf',
    500: '#38c4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4bb;
$custom-light: #84d6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4BB
secondary
#CC8C90
accent
#4953DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#38C4BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva