#38C5CF#38C5CF

#38C5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5CF
RGBrgb(56, 197, 207)
HSLhsl(184, 61%, 52%)
HSVhsv(184, 73%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(72.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.07, -33.03, -15.71)
CIE-LCHlch(73.07, 36.57, 205.44°)
OKLaboklab(75.53% -0.1074 -0.0436)
OKLCHoklch(75.53% 0.116 202.1)
XYZxyz(32.8546, 45.2743, 66.0266)
Luminance0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5CF #CF4238
analogous
#38CF8E #38C5CF #3879CF
triadic
#38C5CF #CF38C5 #C5CF38
tetradic
#38C5CF #8E38CF #CF4238 #79CF38
square
#38C5CF #8E38CF #CF4238 #79CF38
split-complementary
#38C5CF #CF3879 #CF8E38
monochromatic
#1B6C71 #279AA3 #38C5CF #69D3DB #9BE2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#38C5CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06
#38C5CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5CF
10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5CF1.002.0910.0610.06
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0621.001.001.00
##00000010.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6BCD0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0ADD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 202.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7dd',
    500: '#38c5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5cf;
$custom-light: #86d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.974,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5CF
secondary
#D39590
accent
#4E44E4
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

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#38C5CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva