#38C6CD#38C6CD

#38C6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6CD
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -34.09, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 36.96, 202.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.1092 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.116 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8395, 45.6328, 64.8230)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6CD #CD3F38

analogous

#38CD89 #38C6CD #387BCD

triadic

#38C6CD #CD38C6 #C6CD38

tetradic

#38C6CD #8938CD #CD3F38 #7BCD38

square

#38C6CD #8938CD #CD3F38 #7BCD38

split-complementary

#38C6CD #CD387B #CD8938

monochromatic

#1C6B6F #289AA0 #38C6CD #69D4D9 #9AE2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#38C6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6CD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6CD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8dc',
    500: '#38c6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6cd;
$custom-light: #86d8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75696,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6CD

secondary

#D1938F

accent

#4C45E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6CD

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

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