#38ADBA#38ADBA

#38ADBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADBA
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 186)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -27.70, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 32.03, 210.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0924 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.103 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4335, 34.2701, 51.7192)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADBA #BA4538

analogous

#38BA86 #38ADBA #386CBA

triadic

#38ADBA #BA38AD #ADBA38

tetradic

#38ADBA #8638BA #BA4538 #6CBA38

square

#38ADBA #8638BA #BA4538 #6CBA38

split-complementary

#38ADBA #BA386C #BA8638

monochromatic

#1C555C #2A818B #38ADBA #60C4CF #8FD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38ADBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38ADBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADBA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADBA	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6ce',
    500: '#38adba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adba;
$custom-light: #81c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68914,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADBA

secondary

#C88C86

accent

#594BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADBA

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

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