#38CABE#38CABE

#38CABE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CABE
RGBrgb(56, 202, 190)
HSLhsl(175, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(175, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.06, -40.20, -5.01)
CIE-LCHlch(74.06, 40.51, 187.11°)
OKLaboklab(76.16% -0.1197 -0.0142)
OKLCHoklch(76.16% 0.121 186.8)
XYZxyz(32.0413, 46.7957, 56.0490)
Luminance0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CABE #CA3844
analogous
#38CA75 #38CABE #388DCA
triadic
#38CABE #BE38CA #CABE38
tetradic
#38CABE #7538CA #CA3844 #8DCA38
square
#38CABE #7538CA #CA3844 #8DCA38
split-complementary
#38CABE #CA388D #CA7538
monochromatic
#1D6B65 #299B92 #38CABE #68D7CE #99E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

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

On black

10.36
#38CABE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CABE
10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CABE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CABE1.002.0310.3610.36
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3621.001.001.00
##00000010.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFBFBE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABB0BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 186.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd1',
    500: '#38cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cabe;
$custom-light: #85dbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.068,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76159,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CABE
secondary
#CF8E94
accent
#4753E1
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF9
border
#CBD4D2
text
#0D1514
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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