#38C6D1#38C6D1

#38C6D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6D1
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 209)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -32.91, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 36.70, 206.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.1075 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.117 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3285, 45.8284, 67.3985)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6D1 #D14338

analogous

#38D190 #38C6D1 #3879D1

triadic

#38C6D1 #D138C6 #C6D138

tetradic

#38C6D1 #9038D1 #D14338 #79D138

square

#38C6D1 #9038D1 #D14338 #79D138

split-complementary

#38C6D1 #D13879 #D19038

monochromatic

#1B6D74 #269CA6 #38C6D1 #6AD4DC #9BE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C6D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#38C6D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6D1

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6D1	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7df',
    500: '#38c6d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6d1;
$custom-light: #86d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75841,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6D1

secondary

#D49691

accent

#4E42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6D1

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

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