#38ADC3#38ADC3

#38ADC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.106 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ADC3
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 195)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -24.92, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 32.34, 219.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0887 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.106 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4206, 34.6650, 56.9177)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ADC3 #C34E38

analogous

#38C393 #38ADC3 #3868C3

triadic

#38ADC3 #C338AD #ADC338

tetradic

#38ADC3 #9338C3 #C34E38 #68C338

square

#38ADC3 #9338C3 #C34E38 #68C338

split-complementary

#38ADC3 #C33868 #C39338

monochromatic

#1D5964 #2A8393 #38ADC3 #65C2D3 #95D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#38ADC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#38ADC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ADC3

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ADC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ADC3	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8999C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38adc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.106 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d5',
    500: '#38adc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38adc3;
$custom-light: #82c5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38adc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.496,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ADC3

secondary

#CC958B

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ADC3

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

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