#38ADA0#38ADA0

#38ADA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADA0
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 7.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -35.24, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 35.35, 184.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.1039 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.104 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9166, 33.2634, 38.4636)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADA0 #AD3845

analogous

#38AD65 #38ADA0 #3880AD

triadic

#38ADA0 #A038AD #ADA038

tetradic

#38ADA0 #6538AD #AD3845 #80AD38

square

#38ADA0 #6538AD #AD3845 #80AD38

split-complementary

#38ADA0 #AD3880 #AD6538

monochromatic

#1A514A #297F75 #38ADA0 #59C9BD #87D8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ADA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#38ADA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADA0

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADA0	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#A5A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ada0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6bc',
    500: '#38ada0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ada0;
$custom-light: #7ec6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ada0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67997,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADA0

secondary

#C27F86

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADA0

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

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