#38C8D1#38C8D1

#38C8D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C8D1
RGBrgb(56, 200, 209)
HSLhsl(184, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(184, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(74.03, -33.86, -15.36)
CIE-LCHlch(74.03, 37.18, 204.40°)
OKLaboklab(76.32% -0.1095 -0.0426)
OKLCHoklch(76.32% 0.117 201.3)
XYZxyz(33.7886, 46.7487, 67.5518)
Luminance0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C8D1 #D14138
analogous
#38D18D #38C8D1 #387CD1
triadic
#38C8D1 #D138C8 #C8D138
tetradic
#38C8D1 #8D38D1 #D14138 #7CD138
square
#38C8D1 #8D38D1 #D14138 #7CD138
split-complementary
#38C8D1 #D1387C #D18D38
monochromatic
#1B6F74 #269EA6 #38C8D1 #6AD6DC #9BE3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#38C8D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35
#38C8D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8D1
10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C8D1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C8D11.002.0310.3510.35
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3521.001.001.00
##00000010.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BFD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3AFD2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 201.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9df',
    500: '#38c8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c8d1;
$custom-light: #86d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76323,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C8D1
secondary
#D49591
accent
#4C42E6
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FAFB
border
#CBD3D4
text
#0D1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8D1

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#38C8D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva