#38ADA9#38ADA9

#38ADA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADA9
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 169)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -32.72, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 33.55, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0998 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.102 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7326, 33.5898, 42.7611)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADA9 #AD383C

analogous

#38AD6F #38ADA9 #3876AD

triadic

#38ADA9 #A938AD #ADA938

tetradic

#38ADA9 #6F38AD #AD383C #76AD38

square

#38ADA9 #6F38AD #AD383C #76AD38

split-complementary

#38ADA9 #AD3876 #AD6F38

monochromatic

#1A514F #297F7C #38ADA9 #59C9C5 #87D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ADA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#38ADA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADA9

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADA9	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ada9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c2',
    500: '#38ada9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ada9;
$custom-light: #7fc6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ada9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.949,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADA9

secondary

#C27F81

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADA9

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

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