#38ADC0#38ADC0

#38ADC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADC0
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -25.86, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 32.15, 216.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0899 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.104 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0848, 34.5306, 55.1493)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADC0 #C04B38

analogous

#38C08F #38ADC0 #3869C0

triadic

#38ADC0 #C038AD #ADC038

tetradic

#38ADC0 #8F38C0 #C04B38 #69C038

square

#38ADC0 #8F38C0 #C04B38 #69C038

split-complementary

#38ADC0 #C03869 #C08F38

monochromatic

#1C5861 #2A8291 #38ADC0 #64C2D2 #93D5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#38ADC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#38ADC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADC0

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADC0	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A99C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d3',
    500: '#38adc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adc0;
$custom-light: #81c5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.382,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69147,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADC0

secondary

#CB9289

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADC0

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

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