#38C6C8#38C6C8

#38C6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38C6C8
RGBrgb(56, 198, 200)
HSLhsl(181, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(181, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 1%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.15, -35.55, -11.79)
CIE-LCHlch(73.15, 37.45, 198.35°)
OKLaboklab(75.52% -0.1113 -0.0328)
OKLCHoklch(75.52% 0.116 196.4)
XYZxyz(32.2456, 45.3952, 61.6951)
Luminance0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38C6C8 #C83A38
analogous
#38C882 #38C6C8 #387EC8
triadic
#38C6C8 #C838C6 #C6C838
tetradic
#38C6C8 #8238C8 #C83A38 #7EC838
square
#38C6C8 #8238C8 #C83A38 #7EC838
split-complementary
#38C6C8 #C8387E #C88238
monochromatic
#1D6869 #2A9799 #38C6C8 #68D4D5 #98E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#38C6C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08
#38C6C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6C8
10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38C6C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38C6C81.002.0810.0810.08
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0821.001.001.00
##00000010.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8BCC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4ADC9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38c6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 196.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8d8',
    500: '#38c6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38c6c8;
$custom-light: #85d8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38c6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75518,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38C6C8
secondary
#CE8F8E
accent
#4A48E0
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FAFA
border
#CBD3D3
text
#0D1414
muted
#7D8383

Preview Lab

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#38C6C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva