#38CBC6#38CBC6

#38CBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.120 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBC6
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 198)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -38.42, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 39.37, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.1171 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.12 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1751, 47.6259, 60.8594)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBC6 #CB383D

analogous

#38CB7C #38CBC6 #3886CB

triadic

#38CBC6 #C638CB #CBC638

tetradic

#38CBC6 #7C38CB #CB383D #86CB38

square

#38CBC6 #7C38CB #CB383D #86CB38

split-complementary

#38CBC6 #CB3886 #CB7C38

monochromatic

#1C6C6A #299D99 #38CBC6 #69D8D4 #99E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#38CBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBC6

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBC6	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.120 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbd7',
    500: '#38cbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbc6;
$custom-light: #86dbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.959,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBC6

secondary

#D08F91

accent

#464BE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBC6

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

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