#38B2C6#38B2C6

#38B2C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2C6
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 198)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -26.50, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 33.10, 216.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0924 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.108 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7400, 36.7555, 59.0477)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2C6 #C64C38

analogous

#38C693 #38B2C6 #386BC6

triadic

#38B2C6 #C638B2 #B2C638

tetradic

#38B2C6 #9338C6 #C64C38 #6BC638

square

#38B2C6 #9338C6 #C64C38 #6BC638

split-complementary

#38B2C6 #C6386B #C69338

monochromatic

#1D5C67 #2B8796 #38B2C6 #67C5D4 #97D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#38B2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C6

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2C6	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9d7',
    500: '#38b2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2c6;
$custom-light: #83c9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70596,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2C6

secondary

#CD968D

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C6

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

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