#38BBC6#38BBC6

#38BBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC6
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -30.92, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 34.70, 206.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1014 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5898, 40.4551, 59.6643)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC6 #C64338

analogous

#38C68A #38BBC6 #3874C6

triadic

#38BBC6 #C638BB #BBC638

tetradic

#38BBC6 #8A38C6 #C64338 #74C638

square

#38BBC6 #8A38C6 #C64338 #74C638

split-complementary

#38BBC6 #C63874 #C68A38

monochromatic

#1D6167 #2B8E96 #38BBC6 #67CCD4 #97DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38BBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC6

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC6	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d7',
    500: '#38bbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc6;
$custom-light: #84d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.648,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72776,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC6

secondary

#CD928D

accent

#5449DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →