#38A080#38A080

#38A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A080
RGB	rgb(56, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -37.66, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 38.50, 167.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.1052 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.107 169)
XYZ	xyz(18.0960, 27.5389, 24.7798)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A080 #A03858

analogous

#38A04C #38A080 #388CA0

triadic

#38A080 #8038A0 #A08038

tetradic

#38A080 #4C38A0 #A03858 #8CA038

square

#38A080 #4C38A0 #A03858 #8CA038

split-complementary

#38A080 #A0388C #A04C38

monochromatic

#184537 #28735C #38A080 #53C3A0 #80D3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#38A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#38A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38A080

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A080	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C957E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbda4',
    500: '#38a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a080;
$custom-light: #7bbda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63721,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A080

secondary

#BC788D

accent

#507AD8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A080

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

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