#38ADBE#38ADBE

#38ADBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADBE
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -26.47, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 32.07, 214.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0907 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.104 209)
XYZ	xyz(25.8647, 34.4426, 53.9902)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADBE #BE4938

analogous

#38BE8C #38ADBE #386ABE

triadic

#38ADBE #BE38AD #ADBE38

tetradic

#38ADBE #8C38BE #BE4938 #6ABE38

square

#38ADBE #8C38BE #BE4938 #6ABE38

split-complementary

#38ADBE #BE386A #BE8C38

monochromatic

#1C575F #2A828F #38ADBE #62C3D1 #92D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38ADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#38ADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADBE

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADBE	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d1',
    500: '#38adbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adbe;
$custom-light: #81c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.612,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69068,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.34446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADBE

secondary

#CA9088

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADBE

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

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