#38ADBD#38ADBD

#38ADBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADBD
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -26.78, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 32.05, 213.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0911 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.103 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7558, 34.3990, 53.4165)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADBD #BD4838

analogous

#38BD8A #38ADBD #386ABD

triadic

#38ADBD #BD38AD #ADBD38

tetradic

#38ADBD #8A38BD #BD4838 #6ABD38

square

#38ADBD #8A38BD #BD4838 #6ABD38

split-complementary

#38ADBD #BD386A #BD8A38

monochromatic

#1C575F #2A828E #38ADBD #62C3D0 #91D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38ADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#38ADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADBD

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADBD	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 208.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.218,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69029,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADBD

secondary

#C98F87

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADBD

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

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