#38CAE3#38CAE3

#38CAE3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CAE3
RGBrgb(56, 202, 227)
HSLhsl(189, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(189, 75%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(75.3%, 11%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(75.22, -29.38, -23.29)
CIE-LCHlch(75.22, 37.49, 218.40°)
OKLaboklab(77.48% -0.104 -0.0649)
OKLCHoklch(77.48% 0.123 212)
XYZxyz(36.6106, 48.6234, 80.1139)
Luminance0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CAE3 #E35138
analogous
#38E3A6 #38CAE3 #3874E3
triadic
#38CAE3 #E338CA #CAE338
tetradic
#38CAE3 #A638E3 #E35138 #74E338
square
#38CAE3 #A638E3 #E35138 #74E338
split-complementary
#38CAE3 #E33874 #E3A638
monochromatic
#147B8D #1BAAC2 #38CAE3 #6ED8EB #A3E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#38CAE3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73
#38CAE3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAE3
10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CAE3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CAE31.001.9610.7310.73
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7321.001.001.00
##00000010.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C3E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FB2E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 212.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88daeb',
    500: '#38cae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cae3;
$custom-light: #88daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.772,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77481,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.48628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CAE3
secondary
#DFA298
accent
#5136F2
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#38CAE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva