#38C6D3#38C6D3

#38C6D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6D3
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 211)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -32.31, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 36.62, 208.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1067 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.117 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5776, 45.9280, 68.7107)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6D3 #D34538

analogous

#38D392 #38C6D3 #3879D3

triadic

#38C6D3 #D338C6 #C6D338

tetradic

#38C6D3 #9238D3 #D34538 #79D338

square

#38C6D3 #9238D3 #D34538 #79D338

split-complementary

#38C6D3 #D33879 #D39238

monochromatic

#1A6F76 #259EA9 #38C6D3 #6AD4DE #9CE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38C6D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#38C6D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6D3

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6D3	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7e0',
    500: '#38c6d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6d3;
$custom-light: #86d7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.032,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75915,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6D3

secondary

#D59792

accent

#4F41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6D3

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

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