#38C4BE#38C4BE

#38C4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.116 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4BE
RGBrgb(56, 196, 190)
HSLhsl(177, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.25, -37.48, -7.69)
CIE-LCHlch(72.25, 38.26, 191.59°)
OKLaboklab(74.69% -0.1137 -0.0215)
OKLCHoklch(74.69% 0.116 190.7)
XYZxyz(30.6608, 44.0347, 55.5888)
Luminance0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4BE #C4383E
analogous
#38C478 #38C4BE #3884C4
triadic
#38C4BE #BE38C4 #C4BE38
tetradic
#38C4BE #7838C4 #C4383E #84C438
square
#38C4BE #7838C4 #C4383E #84C438
split-complementary
#38C4BE #C43884 #C47838
monochromatic
#1D6562 #2A9490 #38C4BE #66D3CF #96E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#38C4BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81
#38C4BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4BE
9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4BE1.002.149.819.81
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8121.001.001.00
##0000009.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8BABE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4ABBF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.116 190.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d6d1',
    500: '#38c4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4be;
$custom-light: #84d6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4BE
secondary
#CC8C8E
accent
#494FDF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C4BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva