#38ADA3#38ADA3

#38ADA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADA3
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 163)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -34.41, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 34.68, 187.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.1025 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.103 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1823, 33.3696, 39.8624)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADA3 #AD3842

analogous

#38AD69 #38ADA3 #387CAD

triadic

#38ADA3 #A338AD #ADA338

tetradic

#38ADA3 #6938AD #AD3842 #7CAD38

square

#38ADA3 #6938AD #AD3842 #7CAD38

split-complementary

#38ADA3 #AD387C #AD6938

monochromatic

#1A514C #297F77 #38ADA3 #59C9C0 #87D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#38ADA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#38ADA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADA3

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADA3	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)

#A4A4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ada3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6be',
    500: '#38ada3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ada3;
$custom-light: #7fc6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ada3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.872,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADA3

secondary

#C27F84

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADA3

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

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