#38C8B6#38C8B6

#38C8B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C8B6
RGBrgb(56, 200, 182)
HSLhsl(173, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(173, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 0%, 9%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.23, -41.48, -1.89)
CIE-LCHlch(73.23, 41.53, 182.61°)
OKLaboklab(75.41% -0.1213 -0.0058)
OKLCHoklch(75.41% 0.121 182.7)
XYZxyz(30.7246, 45.5231, 51.4144)
Luminance0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C8B6 #C8384A
analogous
#38C86E #38C8B6 #3892C8
triadic
#38C8B6 #B638C8 #C8B638
tetradic
#38C8B6 #6E38C8 #C8384A #92C838
square
#38C8B6 #6E38C8 #C8384A #92C838
split-complementary
#38C8B6 #C83892 #C86E38
monochromatic
#1D695F #2A998B #38C8B6 #68D5C8 #98E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38C8B6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11
#38C8B6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8B6
10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C8B6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C8B61.002.0810.1110.11
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1121.001.001.00
##00000010.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFBCB5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABAEB8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 182.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9cb',
    500: '#38c8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c8b6;
$custom-light: #84d9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C8B6
secondary
#CE8E96
accent
#485BE0
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0C1513
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C8B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva