#38C4C6#38C4C6

#38C4C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4C6
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 198)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -35.20, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 37.09, 198.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.1102 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.115 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5592, 44.3941, 60.3208)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4C6 #C63A38

analogous

#38C681 #38C4C6 #387DC6

triadic

#38C4C6 #C638C4 #C4C638

tetradic

#38C4C6 #8138C6 #C63A38 #7DC638

square

#38C4C6 #8138C6 #C63A38 #7DC638

split-complementary

#38C4C6 #C6387D #C68138

monochromatic

#1D6667 #2B9596 #38C4C6 #67D3D4 #97E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#38C4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4C6

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4C6	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ABC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6d7',
    500: '#38c4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4c6;
$custom-light: #85d6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74962,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4C6

secondary

#CD8E8D

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4C6

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

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