#38C5B9#38C5B9

#38C5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5B9
RGBrgb(56, 197, 185)
HSLhsl(175, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(175, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.41, -39.33, -4.73)
CIE-LCHlch(72.41, 39.61, 186.86°)
OKLaboklab(74.77% -0.117 -0.0134)
OKLCHoklch(74.77% 0.118 186.6)
XYZxyz(30.3500, 44.2724, 52.8354)
Luminance0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5B9 #C53844
analogous
#38C573 #38C5B9 #388AC5
triadic
#38C5B9 #B938C5 #C5B938
tetradic
#38C5B9 #7338C5 #C53844 #8AC538
square
#38C5B9 #7338C5 #C53844 #8AC538
split-complementary
#38C5B9 #C5388A #C57338
monochromatic
#1D665F #2A958C #38C5B9 #67D4CA #96E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#38C5B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86
#38C5B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5B9
9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5B91.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBBAB9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7ABBA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CAC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 186.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7ce',
    500: '#38c5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5b9;
$custom-light: #84d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.894,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7477,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5B9
secondary
#CD8C92
accent
#4956DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C5B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva