#38AD9F#38AD9F

#38AD9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.105 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD9F
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 159)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -35.51, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 35.58, 183.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.1043 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.105 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8295, 33.2285, 38.0047)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD9F #AD3846

analogous

#38AD65 #38AD9F #3880AD

triadic

#38AD9F #9F38AD #AD9F38

tetradic

#38AD9F #6538AD #AD3846 #80AD38

square

#38AD9F #6538AD #AD3846 #80AD38

split-complementary

#38AD9F #AD3880 #AD6538

monochromatic

#1A514A #297F75 #38AD9F #59C9BC #87D8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#38AD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#38AD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD9F

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD9F	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.105 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6bb',
    500: '#38ad9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad9f;
$custom-light: #7ec6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67964,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD9F

secondary

#C27F87

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD9F

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

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