#38C6D7#38C6D7

#38C6D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6D7
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 215)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 7.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -31.11, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 36.56, 211.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.105 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.118 207)
XYZ	xyz(34.0853, 46.1311, 71.3846)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6D7 #D74938

analogous

#38D798 #38C6D7 #3876D7

triadic

#38C6D7 #D738C6 #C6D738

tetradic

#38C6D7 #9838D7 #D74938 #76D738

square

#38C6D7 #9838D7 #D74938 #76D738

split-complementary

#38C6D7 #D73876 #D79838

monochromatic

#19717C #23A0AF #38C6D7 #6BD5E1 #9EE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C6D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#38C6D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6D7

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6D7	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e3',
    500: '#38c6d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6d7;
$custom-light: #87d7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.415,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.46135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6D7

secondary

#D89A93

accent

#513EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6D7

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

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