#38C6BE#38C6BE

#38C6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6BE
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 190)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 4%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -38.39, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 38.99, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.1157 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.117 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1149, 44.9429, 55.7402)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6BE #C63840

analogous

#38C677 #38C6BE #3887C6

triadic

#38C6BE #BE38C6 #C6BE38

tetradic

#38C6BE #7738C6 #C63840 #87C638

square

#38C6BE #7738C6 #C63840 #87C638

split-complementary

#38C6BE #C63887 #C67738

monochromatic

#1D6762 #2B9690 #38C6BE #67D4CE #97E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#38C6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6BE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6BE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8d1',
    500: '#38c6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6be;
$custom-light: #84d8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6BE

secondary

#CD8D90

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6BE

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

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