#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
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 1%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -35.55, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 37.45, 198.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.1113 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.116 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2456, 45.3952, 61.6951)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38C6C8	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38C6C8

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

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