#38C5CB#38C5CB

#38C5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5CB
RGBrgb(56, 197, 203)
HSLhsl(182, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(182, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.95, -34.21, -13.73)
CIE-LCHlch(72.95, 36.86, 201.87°)
OKLaboklab(75.38% -0.1091 -0.0381)
OKLCHoklch(75.38% 0.116 199.3)
XYZxyz(32.3718, 45.0812, 63.4838)
Luminance0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5CB #CB3E38
analogous
#38CB87 #38C5CB #387BCB
triadic
#38C5CB #CB38C5 #C5CB38
tetradic
#38C5CB #8738CB #CB3E38 #7BCB38
square
#38C5CB #8738CB #CB3E38 #7BCB38
split-complementary
#38C5CB #CB387B #CB8738
monochromatic
#1C696C #29989D #38C5CB #69D3D8 #99E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#38C5CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02
#38C5CB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CB
10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5CB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5CB1.002.1010.0210.02
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0221.001.001.00
##00000010.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7BCCC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2ACCC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 199.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7da',
    500: '#38c5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5cb;
$custom-light: #85d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75382,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5CB
secondary
#D0918F
accent
#4C46E2
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

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#38C5CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva