#38ADB2#38ADB2

#38ADB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.101 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADB2
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 178)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -30.10, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 32.41, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0958 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.101 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6068, 33.9394, 47.3650)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADB2 #B23D38

analogous

#38B27A #38ADB2 #3870B2

triadic

#38ADB2 #B238AD #ADB238

tetradic

#38ADB2 #7A38B2 #B23D38 #70B238

square

#38ADB2 #7A38B2 #B23D38 #70B238

split-complementary

#38ADB2 #B23870 #B27A38

monochromatic

#1B5355 #298083 #38ADB2 #5CC7CC #8AD7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38ADB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#38ADB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADB2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADB2	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.101 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6c9',
    500: '#38adb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adb2;
$custom-light: #80c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.459,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68615,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADB2

secondary

#C58481

accent

#524CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADB2

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

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