#38C6B5#38C6B5

#38C6B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6B5
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 181)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -40.86, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 40.93, 183.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.1198 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.12 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1614, 44.5615, 50.7187)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6B5 #C63849

analogous

#38C66E #38C6B5 #3890C6

triadic

#38C6B5 #B538C6 #C6B538

tetradic

#38C6B5 #6E38C6 #C63849 #90C638

square

#38C6B5 #6E38C6 #C63849 #90C638

split-complementary

#38C6B5 #C63890 #C66E38

monochromatic

#1D675E #2B9689 #38C6B5 #67D4C7 #97E2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C6B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#38C6B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6B5

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6B5	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d8cb',
    500: '#38c6b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6b5;
$custom-light: #83d8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.817,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7489,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6B5

secondary

#CD8D94

accent

#495BDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6B5

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

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