#38AFC6#38AFC6

#38AFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFC6
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 198)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -24.99, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 32.77, 220.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0895 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.107 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1496, 35.5747, 58.8509)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFC6 #C64F38

analogous

#38C696 #38AFC6 #3868C6

triadic

#38AFC6 #C638AF #AFC638

tetradic

#38AFC6 #9638C6 #C64F38 #68C638

square

#38AFC6 #9638C6 #C64F38 #68C638

split-complementary

#38AFC6 #C63868 #C69638

monochromatic

#1D5B67 #2B8596 #38AFC6 #67C2D4 #97D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38AFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#38AFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFC6

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFC6	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d7',
    500: '#38afc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afc6;
$custom-light: #82c7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.718,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69872,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFC6

secondary

#CD978D

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFC6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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