#38C5C0#38C5C0

#38C5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5C0
RGBrgb(56, 197, 192)
HSLhsl(178, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(178, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.61, -37.38, -8.24)
CIE-LCHlch(72.61, 38.27, 192.44°)
OKLaboklab(75% -0.1138 -0.023)
OKLCHoklch(75% 0.116 191.4)
XYZxyz(31.1072, 44.5753, 56.8234)
Luminance0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5C0 #C5383D
analogous
#38C579 #38C5C0 #3884C5
triadic
#38C5C0 #C038C5 #C5C038
tetradic
#38C5C0 #7938C5 #C5383D #84C538
square
#38C5C0 #7938C5 #C5383D #84C538
split-complementary
#38C5C0 #C53884 #C57938
monochromatic
#1D6663 #2A9592 #38C5C0 #67D4D0 #96E1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#38C5C0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92
#38C5C0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C0
9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5C0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5C01.002.129.929.92
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9221.001.001.00
##0000009.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BBC0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5ACC1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 191.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d3',
    500: '#38c5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5c0;
$custom-light: #84d7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.872,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5C0
secondary
#CD8C8E
accent
#494EDF
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF9
border
#CBD3D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C5C0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva