#38C4D7#38C4D7

#38C4D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C4D7
RGBrgb(56, 196, 215)
HSLhsl(187, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(187, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.04, -30.14, -20.11)
CIE-LCHlch(73.04, 36.23, 213.71°)
OKLaboklab(75.59% -0.1031 -0.0559)
OKLCHoklch(75.59% 0.117 208.5)
XYZxyz(33.6312, 45.2229, 71.2332)
Luminance0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C4D7 #D74B38
analogous
#38D79A #38C4D7 #3874D7
triadic
#38C4D7 #D738C4 #C4D738
tetradic
#38C4D7 #9A38D7 #D74B38 #74D738
square
#38C4D7 #9A38D7 #D74B38 #74D738
split-complementary
#38C4D7 #D73874 #D79A38
monochromatic
#19707C #239EAF #38C4D7 #6BD3E1 #9EE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#38C4D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05
#38C4D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4D7
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C4D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C4D71.002.0910.0510.05
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0521.001.001.00
##00000010.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2BDD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CACD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 208.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6e3',
    500: '#38c4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c4d7;
$custom-light: #86d6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.17,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75587,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C4D7
secondary
#D89B93
accent
#533EE9
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4D7

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#38C4D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva