#38ADAB#38ADAB

#38ADAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.102 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADAB
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 171)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -32.14, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 33.24, 194.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0989 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.102 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9218, 33.6654, 43.7575)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADAB #AD383A

analogous

#38AD70 #38ADAB #3875AD

triadic

#38ADAB #AB38AD #ADAB38

tetradic

#38ADAB #7038AD #AD383A #75AD38

square

#38ADAB #7038AD #AD383A #75AD38

split-complementary

#38ADAB #AD3875 #AD7038

monochromatic

#1A5150 #297F7D #38ADAB #59C9C7 #87D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ADAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#38ADAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADAB

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#A2A4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9197AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.102 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6c4',
    500: '#38adab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adab;
$custom-light: #7fc6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68366,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADAB

secondary

#C27F80

accent

#4D50DB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADAB

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

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