#38C4D1#38C4D1

#38C4D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4D1
RGBrgb(56, 196, 209)
HSLhsl(185, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(185, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(72.84, -31.95, -17.15)
CIE-LCHlch(72.84, 36.26, 208.22°)
OKLaboklab(75.36% -0.1056 -0.0476)
OKLCHoklch(75.36% 0.116 204.3)
XYZxyz(32.8744, 44.9201, 67.2471)
Luminance0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4D1 #D14538
analogous
#38D192 #38C4D1 #3878D1
triadic
#38C4D1 #D138C4 #C4D138
tetradic
#38C4D1 #9238D1 #D14538 #78D138
square
#38C4D1 #9238D1 #D14538 #78D138
split-complementary
#38C4D1 #D13878 #D19238
monochromatic
#1B6C74 #269BA6 #38C4D1 #6AD3DC #9BE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#38C4D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98
#38C4D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4D1
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4D1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4D11.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4BCD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EACD1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 204.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6df',
    500: '#38c4d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4d1;
$custom-light: #86d6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.098,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7536,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4D1
secondary
#D49791
accent
#5042E6
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4D1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#38C4D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva