#38C6CA#38C6CA

#38C6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6CA
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -34.97, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 37.23, 200.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1105 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.116 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4808, 45.4893, 62.9341)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6CA #CA3C38

analogous

#38CA85 #38C6CA #387DCA

triadic

#38C6CA #CA38C6 #C6CA38

tetradic

#38C6CA #8538CA #CA3C38 #7DCA38

square

#38C6CA #8538CA #CA3C38 #7DCA38

split-complementary

#38C6CA #CA387D #CA8538

monochromatic

#1D696B #29989B #38C6CA #68D4D7 #99E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#38C6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6CA

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6CA	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8da',
    500: '#38c6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6ca;
$custom-light: #85d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6CA

secondary

#CF908E

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6CA

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

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