#38BFC6#38BFC6

#38BFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC6
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 198)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -32.84, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 35.67, 203.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1053 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4502, 42.1760, 59.9511)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC6 #C63F38

analogous

#38C686 #38BFC6 #3878C6

triadic

#38BFC6 #C638BF #BFC638

tetradic

#38BFC6 #8638C6 #C63F38 #78C638

square

#38BFC6 #8638C6 #C63F38 #78C638

split-complementary

#38BFC6 #C63878 #C68638

monochromatic

#1D6367 #2B9196 #38BFC6 #67CFD4 #97DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#38BFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC6	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3d7',
    500: '#38bfc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc6;
$custom-light: #84d3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.958,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73747,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC6

secondary

#CD908D

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC6

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

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