#38C4BD#38C4BD

#38C4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4BD
RGBrgb(56, 196, 189)
HSLhsl(177, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.22, -37.76, -7.19)
CIE-LCHlch(72.22, 38.44, 190.78°)
OKLaboklab(74.66% -0.1142 -0.0201)
OKLCHoklch(74.66% 0.116 190)
XYZxyz(30.5518, 43.9911, 55.0152)
Luminance0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4BD #C4383F
analogous
#38C477 #38C4BD #3885C4
triadic
#38C4BD #BD38C4 #C4BD38
tetradic
#38C4BD #7738C4 #C4383F #85C438
square
#38C4BD #7738C4 #C4383F #85C438
split-complementary
#38C4BD #C43885 #C47738
monochromatic
#1D6561 #2A948F #38C4BD #66D3CE #96E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#38C4BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80
#38C4BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BD
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4BD1.002.149.809.80
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8021.001.001.00
##0000009.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BABD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4ABBE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 190.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d0',
    500: '#38c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4bd;
$custom-light: #84d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.43995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4BD
secondary
#CC8C8F
accent
#4950DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8382

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#38C4BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva