#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
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -29.09, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 33.70, 210.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0972 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3183, 38.2788, 58.1099)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B6C4	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B6C4

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

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