#38C4C5#38C4C5

#38C4C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4C5
RGBrgb(56, 196, 197)
HSLhsl(180, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(180, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.46, -35.49, -11.19)
CIE-LCHlch(72.46, 37.21, 197.50°)
OKLaboklab(74.93% -0.1107 -0.0311)
OKLCHoklch(74.93% 0.115 195.7)
XYZxyz(31.4443, 44.3481, 59.7153)
Luminance0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4C5 #C53938
analogous
#38C580 #38C4C5 #387DC5
triadic
#38C4C5 #C538C4 #C4C538
tetradic
#38C4C5 #8038C5 #C53938 #7DC538
square
#38C4C5 #8038C5 #C53938 #7DC538
split-complementary
#38C4C5 #C5387D #C58038
monochromatic
#1D6566 #2A9595 #38C4C5 #67D3D4 #96E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#38C4C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87
#38C4C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4C5
9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4C51.002.139.879.87
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8721.001.001.00
##0000009.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7BAC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2ABC6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CAC4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 195.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d6',
    500: '#38c4c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4c5;
$custom-light: #85d6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.426,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74928,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4C5
secondary
#CD8D8C
accent
#4A49DF
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4C5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#38C4C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva