#38C6A1#38C6A1

#38C6A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C6A1
RGBrgb(56, 198, 161)
HSLhsl(164, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(164, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 0%, 18.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.09, -46.02, 7.84)
CIE-LCHlch(72.09, 46.68, 170.33°)
OKLaboklab(74.31% -0.129 0.02)
OKLCHoklch(74.31% 0.131 171.2)
XYZxyz(28.2546, 43.7988, 40.6762)
Luminance0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C6A1 #C6385D
analogous
#38C65A #38C6A1 #38A4C6
triadic
#38C6A1 #A138C6 #C6A138
tetradic
#38C6A1 #5A38C6 #C6385D #A4C638
square
#38C6A1 #5A38C6 #C6385D #A4C638
split-complementary
#38C6A1 #C638A4 #C65A38
monochromatic
#1D6753 #2B967A #38C6A1 #67D4B8 #97E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#38C6A1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76
#38C6A1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6A1
9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C6A1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C6A11.002.159.769.76
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7621.001.001.00
##0000009.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0B99F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADABA4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c6a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 171.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d8bc',
    500: '#38c6a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c6a1;
$custom-light: #82d8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c6a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.366,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74306,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C6A1
secondary
#CD8D9E
accent
#4970DF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#38C6A1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva