#38CABD#38CABD

#38CABD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.121 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CABD
RGBrgb(56, 202, 189)
HSLhsl(175, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.03, -40.47, -4.51)
CIE-LCHlch(74.03, 40.72, 186.36°)
OKLaboklab(76.13% -0.1201 -0.0129)
OKLCHoklch(76.13% 0.121 186.1)
XYZxyz(31.9324, 46.7521, 55.4754)
Luminance0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CABD #CA3845
analogous
#38CA74 #38CABD #388ECA
triadic
#38CABD #BD38CA #CABD38
tetradic
#38CABD #7438CA #CA3845 #8ECA38
square
#38CABD #7438CA #CA3845 #8ECA38
split-complementary
#38CABD #CA388E #CA7438
monochromatic
#1D6B64 #299B91 #38CABD #68D7CD #99E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

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

On black

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

Best text color

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

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CABD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CABD1.002.0310.3510.35
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3521.001.001.00
##00000010.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFBFBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABB0BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.121 186.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd0',
    500: '#38cabd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cabd;
$custom-light: #85dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.658,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76127,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CABD
secondary
#CF8E94
accent
#4754E1
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF9
border
#CBD4D2
text
#0D1514
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CABD

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