#38C8B7#38C8B7

#38C8B7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C8B7
RGBrgb(56, 200, 183)
HSLhsl(173, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(173, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 0%, 8.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.26, -41.21, -2.39)
CIE-LCHlch(73.26, 41.28, 183.32°)
OKLaboklab(75.45% -0.1208 -0.0071)
OKLCHoklch(75.45% 0.121 183.4)
XYZxyz(30.8283, 45.5645, 51.9606)
Luminance0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C8B7 #C83849
analogous
#38C86F #38C8B7 #3891C8
triadic
#38C8B7 #B738C8 #C8B738
tetradic
#38C8B7 #6F38C8 #C83849 #91C838
square
#38C8B7 #6F38C8 #C83849 #91C838
split-complementary
#38C8B7 #C83891 #C86F38
monochromatic
#1D6960 #2A998C #38C8B7 #68D5C8 #98E3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38C8B7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11
#38C8B7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8B7
10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C8B7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C8B71.002.0810.1110.11
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1121.001.001.00
##00000010.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEBCB6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAAEB9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 183.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9cc',
    500: '#38c8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c8b7;
$custom-light: #84d9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C8B7
secondary
#CE8E95
accent
#485AE0
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0C1513
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38C8B7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva