#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
RGBrgb(56, 173, 184)
HSLhsl(185, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(185, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.11, -28.30, -15.08)
CIE-LCHlch(65.11, 32.07, 208.04°)
OKLaboklab(68.84% -0.0932 -0.0418)
OKLCHoklch(68.84% 0.102 204.2)
XYZxyz(25.2224, 34.1857, 50.6073)
Luminance0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38ADB81.002.687.847.84
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8421.001.001.00
##0000007.8421.001.001.00

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

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#38ADB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva