#38ADA2#38ADA2

#38ADA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.104 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADA2
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 162)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -34.69, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 34.90, 186.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.103 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.104 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0930, 33.3339, 39.3924)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADA2 #AD3843

analogous

#38AD68 #38ADA2 #387EAD

triadic

#38ADA2 #A238AD #ADA238

tetradic

#38ADA2 #6838AD #AD3843 #7EAD38

square

#38ADA2 #6838AD #AD3843 #7EAD38

split-complementary

#38ADA2 #AD387E #AD6838

monochromatic

#1A514B #297F77 #38ADA2 #59C9BF #87D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ADA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#38ADA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADA2

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADA2	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ada2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.104 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6bd',
    500: '#38ada2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ada2;
$custom-light: #7fc6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ada2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.359,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68062,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADA2

secondary

#C27F85

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADA2

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

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