#38C8C9#38C8C9

#38C8C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C8C9
RGBrgb(56, 200, 201)
HSLhsl(180, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(180, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.78, -36.19, -11.39)
CIE-LCHlch(73.78, 37.94, 197.47°)
OKLaboklab(76.04% -0.1129 -0.0317)
OKLCHoklch(76.04% 0.117 195.7)
XYZxyz(32.8230, 46.3624, 62.4660)
Luminance0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C8C9 #C93938
analogous
#38C982 #38C8C9 #387FC9
triadic
#38C8C9 #C938C8 #C8C938
tetradic
#38C8C9 #8238C9 #C93938 #7FC938
square
#38C8C9 #8238C9 #C93938 #7FC938
split-complementary
#38C8C9 #C9387F #C98238
monochromatic
#1D696A #2A999A #38C8C9 #68D5D6 #98E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#38C8C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27
#38C8C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8C9
10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C8C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C8C91.002.0410.2710.27
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2721.001.001.00
##00000010.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBBEC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5AFCA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c8c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 195.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d9d9',
    500: '#38c8c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c8c9;
$custom-light: #85d9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c8c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.414,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76039,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C8C9
secondary
#CF8F8E
accent
#4847E1
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1514
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8C9

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#38C8C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva