#38C6C2#38C6C2

#38C6C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6C2
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 194)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -37.27, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 38.29, 193.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.114 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.117 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5581, 45.1202, 58.0743)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6C2 #C6383C

analogous

#38C67B #38C6C2 #3883C6

triadic

#38C6C2 #C238C6 #C6C238

tetradic

#38C6C2 #7B38C6 #C6383C #83C638

square

#38C6C2 #7B38C6 #C6383C #83C638

split-complementary

#38C6C2 #C63883 #C67B38

monochromatic

#1D6765 #2B9693 #38C6C2 #67D4D1 #97E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#38C6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6C2

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6C2	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABCC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d4',
    500: '#38c6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6c2;
$custom-light: #85d8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75312,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6C2

secondary

#CD8D8F

accent

#494DDF

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6C2

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

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