#38C6C0#38C6C0

#38C6C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6C0
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 192)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -37.83, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 38.63, 191.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1148 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.117 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3350, 45.0310, 56.8993)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6C0 #C6383E

analogous

#38C679 #38C6C0 #3885C6

triadic

#38C6C0 #C038C6 #C6C038

tetradic

#38C6C0 #7938C6 #C6383E #85C638

square

#38C6C0 #7938C6 #C6383E #85C638

split-complementary

#38C6C0 #C63885 #C67938

monochromatic

#1D6763 #2B9692 #38C6C0 #67D4CF #97E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C6C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#38C6C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6C0

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6C0	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABCC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d8d3',
    500: '#38c6c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6c0;
$custom-light: #84d8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75245,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6C0

secondary

#CD8D8F

accent

#494FDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6C0

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

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