#38B6C2#38B6C2

#38B6C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6C2
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -29.70, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 33.74, 208.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0981 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.108 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0922, 38.1884, 56.9190)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6C2 #C24438

analogous

#38C289 #38B6C2 #3871C2

triadic

#38B6C2 #C238B6 #B6C238

tetradic

#38B6C2 #8938C2 #C24438 #71C238

square

#38B6C2 #8938C2 #C24438 #71C238

split-complementary

#38B6C2 #C23871 #C28938

monochromatic

#1D5D63 #2A8993 #38B6C2 #65C9D2 #94DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38B6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6C2

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6C2	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccd4',
    500: '#38b6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6c2;
$custom-light: #83ccd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71412,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6C2

secondary

#CB908A

accent

#5649DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6C2

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

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