#38B6C0#38B6C0

#38B6C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6C0
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 192)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -30.30, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 33.81, 206.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0989 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.107 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8691, 38.0992, 55.7440)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6C0 #C04238

analogous

#38C086 #38B6C0 #3872C0

triadic

#38B6C0 #C038B6 #B6C038

tetradic

#38B6C0 #8638C0 #C04238 #72C038

square

#38B6C0 #8638C0 #C04238 #72C038

split-complementary

#38B6C0 #C03872 #C08638

monochromatic

#1C5C61 #2A8991 #38B6C0 #64CAD2 #93DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B6C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#38B6C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6C0

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6C0	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ccd3',
    500: '#38b6c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6c0;
$custom-light: #82ccd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71337,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6C0

secondary

#CB8E89

accent

#554ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6C0

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

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