#38C4BC#38C4BC

#38C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4BC
RGBrgb(56, 196, 188)
HSLhsl(177, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.19, -38.04, -6.69)
CIE-LCHlch(72.19, 38.63, 189.97°)
OKLaboklab(74.62% -0.1146 -0.0187)
OKLCHoklch(74.62% 0.116 189.3)
XYZxyz(30.4437, 43.9478, 54.4455)
Luminance0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4BC #C43840
analogous
#38C476 #38C4BC #3886C4
triadic
#38C4BC #BC38C4 #C4BC38
tetradic
#38C4BC #7638C4 #C43840 #86C438
square
#38C4BC #7638C4 #C43840 #86C438
split-complementary
#38C4BC #C43886 #C47638
monochromatic
#1D6561 #2A948E #38C4BC #66D3CD #96E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#38C4BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79
#38C4BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BC
9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4BC1.002.159.799.79
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7921.001.001.00
##0000009.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BABC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5ABBD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 189.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d0',
    500: '#38c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4bc;
$custom-light: #84d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74622,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4BC
secondary
#CC8C8F
accent
#4951DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

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#38C4BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva