#38C6B1#38C6B1

#38C6B1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.122 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6B1
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 177)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -41.93, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 41.93, 180.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.1216 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.122 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7569, 44.3997, 48.5882)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6B1 #C6384D

analogous

#38C66A #38C6B1 #3894C6

triadic

#38C6B1 #B138C6 #C6B138

tetradic

#38C6B1 #6A38C6 #C6384D #94C638

square

#38C6B1 #6A38C6 #C6384D #94C638

split-complementary

#38C6B1 #C63894 #C66A38

monochromatic

#1D675C #2B9686 #38C6B1 #67D4C4 #97E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C6B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#38C6B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6B1

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6B1	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)

#BDBAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.122 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8c8',
    500: '#38c6b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6b1;
$custom-light: #83d8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.127,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74767,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6B1

secondary

#CD8D96

accent

#495FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6B1

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

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