#38CAC4#38CAC4

#38CAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.119 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CAC4
RGBrgb(56, 202, 196)
HSLhsl(178, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(178, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.23, -38.53, -8.01)
CIE-LCHlch(74.23, 39.36, 191.74°)
OKLaboklab(76.35% -0.117 -0.0224)
OKLCHoklch(76.35% 0.119 190.8)
XYZxyz(32.7106, 47.0634, 59.5740)
Luminance0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CAC4 #CA383E
analogous
#38CA7B #38CAC4 #3887CA
triadic
#38CAC4 #C438CA #CAC438
tetradic
#38CAC4 #7B38CA #CA383E #87CA38
square
#38CAC4 #7B38CA #CA383E #87CA38
split-complementary
#38CAC4 #CA3887 #CA7B38
monochromatic
#1D6B68 #299B97 #38CAC4 #68D7D2 #99E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#38CAC4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41
#38CAC4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAC4
10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CAC4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CAC41.002.0210.4110.41
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4121.001.001.00
##00000010.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEBFC4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9B0C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.119 190.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85dbd5',
    500: '#38cac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cac4;
$custom-light: #85dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.534,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CAC4
secondary
#CF8E91
accent
#474DE1
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FBFA
border
#CBD4D3
text
#0D1514
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAC4

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#38CAC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva