#38ADBC#38ADBC

#38ADBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADBC
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -27.09, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 32.03, 212.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0916 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.103 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6476, 34.3558, 52.8468)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADBC #BC4738

analogous

#38BC89 #38ADBC #386BBC

triadic

#38ADBC #BC38AD #ADBC38

tetradic

#38ADBC #8938BC #BC4738 #6BBC38

square

#38ADBC #8938BC #BC4738 #6BBC38

split-complementary

#38ADBC #BC386B #BC8938

monochromatic

#1C565E #2A828D #38ADBC #61C3D0 #90D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#38ADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#38ADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADBC

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADBC	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d0',
    500: '#38adbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adbc;
$custom-light: #81c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADBC

secondary

#C98E87

accent

#5B4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADBC

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

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