#38ADAF#38ADAF

#38ADAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.101 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADAF
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -30.98, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 32.71, 198.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0971 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.101 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3089, 33.8203, 45.7959)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADAF #AF3A38

analogous

#38AF75 #38ADAF #3872AF

triadic

#38ADAF #AF38AD #ADAF38

tetradic

#38ADAF #7538AF #AF3A38 #72AF38

square

#38ADAF #7538AF #AF3A38 #72AF38

split-complementary

#38ADAF #AF3872 #AF7538

monochromatic

#1A5152 #297F81 #38ADAF #5AC8CA #88D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38ADAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#38ADAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADAF

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADAF	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#A1A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.101 196.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68507,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADAF

secondary

#C38180

accent

#4F4DDB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADAF

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

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