#38C6B0#38C6B0

#38C6B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.122 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6B0
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 176)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 11.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -42.20, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 42.20, 179.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.122 0)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.122 180)
XYZ	xyz(29.6576, 44.3600, 48.0652)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6B0 #C6384E

analogous

#38C669 #38C6B0 #3895C6

triadic

#38C6B0 #B038C6 #C6B038

tetradic

#38C6B0 #6938C6 #C6384E #95C638

square

#38C6B0 #6938C6 #C6384E #95C638

split-complementary

#38C6B0 #C63895 #C66938

monochromatic

#1D675B #2B9686 #38C6B0 #67D4C3 #97E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C6B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#38C6B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6B0

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6B0	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.122 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8c7',
    500: '#38c6b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6b0;
$custom-light: #83d8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.704,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74736,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.44364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6B0

secondary

#CD8D97

accent

#4960DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6B0

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

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