#38C6D9#38C6D9

#38C6D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6D9
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -30.50, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 36.58, 213.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1042 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.118 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3439, 46.2345, 72.7463)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6D9 #D94B38

analogous

#38D99B #38C6D9 #3875D9

triadic

#38C6D9 #D938C6 #C6D938

tetradic

#38C6D9 #9B38D9 #D94B38 #75D938

square

#38C6D9 #9B38D9 #D94B38 #75D938

split-complementary

#38C6D9 #D93875 #D99B38

monochromatic

#18727E #22A1B2 #38C6D9 #6BD5E3 #9FE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#38C6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#38C6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6D9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6D9	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e4',
    500: '#38c6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6d9;
$custom-light: #87d7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.081,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76142,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6D9

secondary

#D99C94

accent

#523DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6D9

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

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