#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
RGBrgb(56, 198, 209)
HSLhsl(184, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(184, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(73.43, -32.91, -16.25)
CIE-LCHlch(73.43, 36.70, 206.28°)
OKLaboklab(75.84% -0.1075 -0.0451)
OKLCHoklch(75.84% 0.117 202.8)
XYZxyz(33.3285, 45.8284, 67.3985)
Luminance0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38C6D11.002.0710.1710.17
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1721.001.001.00
##00000010.1721.001.001.00

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

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#38C6D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva