#38C5BA#38C5BA

#38C5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5BA
RGBrgb(56, 197, 186)
HSLhsl(175, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(175, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.44, -39.05, -5.23)
CIE-LCHlch(72.44, 39.40, 187.63°)
OKLaboklab(74.8% -0.1165 -0.0148)
OKLCHoklch(74.8% 0.117 187.2)
XYZxyz(30.4559, 44.3148, 53.3933)
Luminance0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5BA #C53843
analogous
#38C574 #38C5BA #388AC5
triadic
#38C5BA #BA38C5 #C5BA38
tetradic
#38C5BA #7438C5 #C53843 #8AC538
square
#38C5BA #7438C5 #C53843 #8AC538
split-complementary
#38C5BA #C5388A #C57438
monochromatic
#1D6660 #2A958D #38C5BA #67D4CB #96E1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#38C5BA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86
#38C5BA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5BA
9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5BA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5BA1.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BABABA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6ABBB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CAC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 187.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7ce',
    500: '#38c5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5ba;
$custom-light: #84d7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5BA
secondary
#CD8C91
accent
#4954DF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C5BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva