#38ADA8#38ADA8

#38ADA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADA8
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -33.00, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 33.72, 191.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.1003 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.102 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6391, 33.5524, 42.2686)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADA8 #AD383D

analogous

#38AD6E #38ADA8 #3877AD

triadic

#38ADA8 #A838AD #ADA838

tetradic

#38ADA8 #6E38AD #AD383D #77AD38

square

#38ADA8 #6E38AD #AD383D #77AD38

split-complementary

#38ADA8 #AD3877 #AD6E38

monochromatic

#1A514E #297F7B #38ADA8 #59C9C4 #87D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ADA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#38ADA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADA8

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADA8	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ada8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c1',
    500: '#38ada8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ada8;
$custom-light: #7fc6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ada8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.436,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68262,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADA8

secondary

#C27F81

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADA8

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

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