#38C6B4#38C6B4

#38C6B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6B4
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 180)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -41.13, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 41.17, 182.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.1202 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.12 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0592, 44.5207, 50.1803)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6B4 #C6384A

analogous

#38C66D #38C6B4 #3891C6

triadic

#38C6B4 #B438C6 #C6B438

tetradic

#38C6B4 #6D38C6 #C6384A #91C638

square

#38C6B4 #6D38C6 #C6384A #91C638

split-complementary

#38C6B4 #C63891 #C66D38

monochromatic

#1D675D #2B9689 #38C6B4 #67D4C6 #97E2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#38C6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6B4

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6B4	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8ca',
    500: '#38c6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6b4;
$custom-light: #83d8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6B4

secondary

#CD8D95

accent

#495CDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6B4

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

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