#38B6C4#38B6C4

#38B6C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B6C4
RGBrgb(56, 182, 196)
HSLhsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(186, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(71.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.23, -29.09, -17.01)
CIE-LCHlch(68.23, 33.70, 210.32°)
OKLaboklab(71.49% -0.0972 -0.0473)
OKLCHoklch(71.49% 0.108 205.9)
XYZxyz(28.3183, 38.2788, 58.1099)
Luminance0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B6C4 #C44638
analogous
#38C48C #38B6C4 #3870C4
triadic
#38B6C4 #C438B6 #B6C438
tetradic
#38B6C4 #8C38C4 #C44638 #70C438
square
#38B6C4 #8C38C4 #C44638 #70C438
split-complementary
#38B6C4 #C43870 #C48C38
monochromatic
#1D5E65 #2A8A94 #38B6C4 #66C8D3 #96D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#38B6C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#38B6C4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6C4
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B6C4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B6C41.002.438.668.66
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7AFC5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A0C4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 205.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccd5',
    500: '#38b6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b6c4;
$custom-light: #83ccd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B6C4
secondary
#CC928C
accent
#5849DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38B6C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva