#38AD9C#38AD9C

#38AD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.106 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD9C
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 156)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 9.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -36.32, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 36.33, 181.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.1057 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.106 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5724, 33.1257, 36.6503)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD9C #AD3849

analogous

#38AD61 #38AD9C #3884AD

triadic

#38AD9C #9C38AD #AD9C38

tetradic

#38AD9C #6138AD #AD3849 #84AD38

square

#38AD9C #6138AD #AD3849 #84AD38

split-complementary

#38AD9C #AD3884 #AD6138

monochromatic

#1A5149 #297F72 #38AD9C #59C9B9 #87D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38AD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD9C

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD9C	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.106 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6b9',
    500: '#38ad9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad9c;
$custom-light: #7ec6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.282,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67869,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD9C

secondary

#C27F88

accent

#4D62DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD9C

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

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