#38C5D1#38C5D1

#38C5D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5D1
RGBrgb(56, 197, 209)
HSLhsl(185, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(185, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(73.14, -32.43, -16.70)
CIE-LCHlch(73.14, 36.48, 207.25°)
OKLaboklab(75.6% -0.1065 -0.0464)
OKLCHoklch(75.6% 0.116 203.5)
XYZxyz(33.1007, 45.3727, 67.3225)
Luminance0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5D1 #D14438
analogous
#38D191 #38C5D1 #3879D1
triadic
#38C5D1 #D138C5 #C5D138
tetradic
#38C5D1 #9138D1 #D14438 #79D138
square
#38C5D1 #9138D1 #D14438 #79D138
split-complementary
#38C5D1 #D13879 #D19138
monochromatic
#1B6D74 #269CA6 #38C5D1 #6AD3DC #9BE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38C5D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08
#38C5D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5D1
10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5D1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5D11.002.0810.0810.08
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0821.001.001.00
##00000010.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5BDD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0ADD2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 203.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7df',
    500: '#38c5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5d1;
$custom-light: #86d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75601,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5D1
secondary
#D49691
accent
#4F42E6
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5D1

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#38C5D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva