#38AD9D#38AD9D

#38AD9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.105 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD9D
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -36.05, -1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 36.08, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.1053 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.105 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6574, 33.1597, 37.0981)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD9D #AD3848

analogous

#38AD63 #38AD9D #3882AD

triadic

#38AD9D #9D38AD #AD9D38

tetradic

#38AD9D #6338AD #AD3848 #82AD38

square

#38AD9D #6338AD #AD3848 #82AD38

split-complementary

#38AD9D #AD3882 #AD6338

monochromatic

#1A5149 #297F73 #38AD9D #59C9BA #87D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#38AD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD9D

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD9D	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)

#A5A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.105 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6b9',
    500: '#38ad9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad9d;
$custom-light: #7ec6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.795,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67901,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD9D

secondary

#C27F88

accent

#4D61DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD9D

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

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