#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
RGBrgb(56, 198, 177)
HSLhsl(171, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(171, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(71.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.49, -41.93, -0.26)
CIE-LCHlch(72.49, 41.93, 180.35°)
OKLaboklab(74.77% -0.1216 -0.0014)
OKLCHoklch(74.77% 0.122 180.7)
XYZxyz(29.7569, 44.3997, 48.5882)
Luminance0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C6B11.002.139.889.88
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8821.001.001.00
##0000009.8821.001.001.00

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

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#38C6B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva