#38ADAE#38ADAE

#38ADAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.101 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADAE
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 174)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -31.27, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 32.83, 197.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0976 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.101 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2110, 33.7811, 45.2806)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADAE #AE3938

analogous

#38AE74 #38ADAE #3872AE

triadic

#38ADAE #AE38AD #ADAE38

tetradic

#38ADAE #7438AE #AE3938 #72AE38

square

#38ADAE #7438AE #AE3938 #72AE38

split-complementary

#38ADAE #AE3872 #AE7438

monochromatic

#1A5151 #297F80 #38ADAE #59C9CA #88D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#38ADAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#38ADAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADAE

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADAE	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.101 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6c6',
    500: '#38adae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adae;
$custom-light: #80c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68471,
    "c": 0.10145,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADAE

secondary

#C3807F

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADAE

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

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