#38ADB8#38ADB8

#38ADB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.102 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADB8
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -28.30, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 32.07, 208.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0932 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.102 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2224, 34.1857, 50.6073)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADB8 #B84338

analogous

#38B883 #38ADB8 #386DB8

triadic

#38ADB8 #B838AD #ADB838

tetradic

#38ADB8 #8338B8 #B84338 #6DB838

square

#38ADB8 #8338B8 #B84338 #6DB838

split-complementary

#38ADB8 #B8386D #B88338

monochromatic

#1B555A #2A8189 #38ADB8 #5FC5CE #8ED6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ADB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#38ADB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADB8

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADB8	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.102 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6cd',
    500: '#38adb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adb8;
$custom-light: #81c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68838,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADB8

secondary

#C78A85

accent

#584BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADB8

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

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