#38ADB4#38ADB4

#38ADB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADB4
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 180)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -29.50, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 32.26, 203.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.095 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.102 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8090, 34.0203, 48.4302)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADB4 #B43F38

analogous

#38B47D #38ADB4 #386FB4

triadic

#38ADB4 #B438AD #ADB438

tetradic

#38ADB4 #7D38B4 #B43F38 #6FB438

square

#38ADB4 #7D38B4 #B43F38 #6FB438

split-complementary

#38ADB4 #B4386F #B47D38

monochromatic

#1B5357 #298085 #38ADB4 #5DC6CD #8BD7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#38ADB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#38ADB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADB4

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADB4	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6ca',
    500: '#38adb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adb4;
$custom-light: #80c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68688,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADB4

secondary

#C58682

accent

#544CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADB4

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

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