#38ADAA#38ADAA

#38ADAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.102 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADAA
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 170)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -32.43, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 33.39, 193.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0993 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.102 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8269, 33.6275, 43.2574)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADAA #AD383B

analogous

#38AD70 #38ADAA #3875AD

triadic

#38ADAA #AA38AD #ADAA38

tetradic

#38ADAA #7038AD #AD383B #75AD38

square

#38ADAA #7038AD #AD383B #75AD38

split-complementary

#38ADAA #AD3875 #AD7038

monochromatic

#1A514F #297F7D #38ADAA #59C9C6 #87D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ADAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#38ADAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADAA

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADAA	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.102 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c3',
    500: '#38adaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adaa;
$custom-light: #7fc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68331,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADAA

secondary

#C27F80

accent

#4D51DB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADAA

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

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