#38ADB7#38ADB7

#38ADB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.102 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADB7
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 183)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -28.61, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 32.10, 206.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0937 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.102 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1180, 34.1439, 50.0572)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADB7 #B74238

analogous

#38B781 #38ADB7 #386EB7

triadic

#38ADB7 #B738AD #ADB738

tetradic

#38ADB7 #8138B7 #B74238 #6EB738

square

#38ADB7 #8138B7 #B74238 #6EB738

split-complementary

#38ADB7 #B7386E #B78138

monochromatic

#1B5459 #2A8188 #38ADB7 #5EC5CE #8DD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ADB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#38ADB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADB7

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADB7	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.102 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6cc',
    500: '#38adb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adb7;
$custom-light: #80c6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.688,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADB7

secondary

#C78984

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADB7

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

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