#38C5C3#38C5C3

#38C5C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5C3
RGBrgb(56, 197, 195)
HSLhsl(179, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(179, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 0%, 1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.70, -36.52, -9.74)
CIE-LCHlch(72.70, 37.80, 194.94°)
OKLaboklab(75.1% -0.1125 -0.0271)
OKLCHoklch(75.1% 0.116 193.6)
XYZxyz(31.4429, 44.7096, 58.5918)
Luminance0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5C3 #C5383A
analogous
#38C57D #38C5C3 #3881C5
triadic
#38C5C3 #C338C5 #C5C338
tetradic
#38C5C3 #7D38C5 #C5383A #81C538
square
#38C5C3 #7D38C5 #C5383A #81C538
split-complementary
#38C5C3 #C53881 #C57D38
monochromatic
#1D6665 #2A9594 #38C5C3 #67D4D2 #96E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#38C5C3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94
#38C5C3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5C3
9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5C3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5C31.002.119.949.94
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9421.001.001.00
##0000009.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8BBC3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4ACC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 193.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7d5',
    500: '#38c5c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5c3;
$custom-light: #84d7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.149,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5C3
secondary
#CD8C8D
accent
#494BDF
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7D8383

Preview Lab

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#38C5C3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva