#38C6AE#38C6AE

#38C6AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.123 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6AE
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 12.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -42.72, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 42.74, 178.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.123 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.123 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4612, 44.2814, 47.0307)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6AE #C63850

analogous

#38C667 #38C6AE #3897C6

triadic

#38C6AE #AE38C6 #C6AE38

tetradic

#38C6AE #6738C6 #C63850 #97C638

square

#38C6AE #6738C6 #C63850 #97C638

split-complementary

#38C6AE #C63897 #C66738

monochromatic

#1D675A #2B9684 #38C6AE #67D4C2 #97E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#38C6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6AE

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6AE	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.123 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8c6',
    500: '#38c6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6ae;
$custom-light: #83d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.859,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74676,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6AE

secondary

#CD8D98

accent

#4962DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6AE

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

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