#38C2C6#38C2C6

#38C2C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2C6
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 198)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -34.26, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 36.50, 200.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1083 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.114 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1111, 43.4978, 60.1714)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2C6 #C63C38

analogous

#38C683 #38C2C6 #387BC6

triadic

#38C2C6 #C638C2 #C2C638

tetradic

#38C2C6 #8338C6 #C63C38 #7BC638

square

#38C2C6 #8338C6 #C63C38 #7BC638

split-complementary

#38C2C6 #C6387B #C68338

monochromatic

#1D6567 #2B9396 #38C2C6 #67D1D4 #97DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#38C2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2C6

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2C6	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d5d7',
    500: '#38c2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2c6;
$custom-light: #84d5d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74476,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2C6

secondary

#CD8F8D

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2C6

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

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