#38C6B2#38C6B2

#38C6B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.121 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6B2
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -41.67, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 41.67, 181.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1211 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.121 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8569, 44.4397, 49.1150)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6B2 #C6384C

analogous

#38C66B #38C6B2 #3893C6

triadic

#38C6B2 #B238C6 #C6B238

tetradic

#38C6B2 #6B38C6 #C6384C #93C638

square

#38C6B2 #6B38C6 #C6384C #93C638

split-complementary

#38C6B2 #C63893 #C66B38

monochromatic

#1D675C #2B9687 #38C6B2 #67D4C5 #97E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#38C6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6B2

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6B2	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.121 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8c9',
    500: '#38c6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6b2;
$custom-light: #83d8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.549,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74797,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6B2

secondary

#CD8D96

accent

#495EDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6B2

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

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