#38C5D7#38C5D7

#38C5D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C5D7
RGBrgb(56, 197, 215)
HSLhsl(187, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(187, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 8.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.33, -30.62, -19.66)
CIE-LCHlch(73.33, 36.39, 212.70°)
OKLaboklab(75.83% -0.1041 -0.0547)
OKLCHoklch(75.83% 0.118 207.7)
XYZxyz(33.8575, 45.6755, 71.3086)
Luminance0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C5D7 #D74A38
analogous
#38D799 #38C5D7 #3876D7
triadic
#38C5D7 #D738C5 #C5D738
tetradic
#38C5D7 #9938D7 #D74A38 #76D738
square
#38C5D7 #9938D7 #D74A38 #76D738
split-complementary
#38C5D7 #D73876 #D79938
monochromatic
#19717C #239FAF #38C5D7 #6BD4E1 #9EE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#38C5D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14
#38C5D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5D7
10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C5D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C5D71.002.0710.1410.14
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1421.001.001.00
##00000010.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4BDD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EADD7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CECA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 207.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e3',
    500: '#38c5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c5d7;
$custom-light: #87d7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.792,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75826,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C5D7
secondary
#D89B93
accent
#523EE9
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5D7

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#38C5D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva