#38C6D2#38C6D2

#38C6D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6D2
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -32.61, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 36.66, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.1071 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.117 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4527, 45.8780, 68.0525)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6D2 #D24438

analogous

#38D291 #38C6D2 #3879D2

triadic

#38C6D2 #D238C6 #C6D238

tetradic

#38C6D2 #9138D2 #D24438 #79D238

square

#38C6D2 #9138D2 #D24438 #79D238

split-complementary

#38C6D2 #D23879 #D29138

monochromatic

#1A6E75 #269DA7 #38C6D2 #6AD4DD #9CE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38C6D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#38C6D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6D2

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6D2	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7df',
    500: '#38c6d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6d2;
$custom-light: #86d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75878,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6D2

secondary

#D59791

accent

#4E42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6D2

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

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