#38C6CB#38C6CB

#38C6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6CB
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -34.68, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 37.13, 200.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.1101 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.116 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5996, 45.5368, 63.5597)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6CB #CB3D38

analogous

#38CB86 #38C6CB #387CCB

triadic

#38C6CB #CB38C6 #C6CB38

tetradic

#38C6CB #8638CB #CB3D38 #7CCB38

square

#38C6CB #8638CB #CB3D38 #7CCB38

split-complementary

#38C6CB #CB387C #CB8638

monochromatic

#1C6A6C #29999D #38C6CB #69D4D8 #99E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#38C6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6CB

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6CB	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8da',
    500: '#38c6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6cb;
$custom-light: #85d8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.041,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75624,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6CB

secondary

#D0918F

accent

#4B46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6CB

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

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