#38ADBB#38ADBB

#38ADBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADBB
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 7.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -27.39, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 32.03, 211.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.092 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.103 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5402, 34.3128, 52.2811)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADBB #BB4638

analogous

#38BB87 #38ADBB #386CBB

triadic

#38ADBB #BB38AD #ADBB38

tetradic

#38ADBB #8738BB #BB4638 #6CBB38

square

#38ADBB #8738BB #BB4638 #6CBB38

split-complementary

#38ADBB #BB386C #BB8738

monochromatic

#1C565D #2A818C #38ADBB #61C4D0 #90D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38ADBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#38ADBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADBB

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADBB	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5cf',
    500: '#38adbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adbb;
$custom-light: #81c5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68952,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADBB

secondary

#C88D86

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADBB

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

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