#38A682#38A682

#38A682 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.113 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A682
RGB	rgb(56, 166, 130)
HSL	hsl(160, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 21.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -39.83, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 40.98, 166.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.1107 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.113 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2943, 29.7228, 25.8350)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A682 #A6385C

analogous

#38A64B #38A682 #3893A6

triadic

#38A682 #8238A6 #A68238

tetradic

#38A682 #4B38A6 #A6385C #93A638

square

#38A682 #4B38A6 #A6385C #93A638

split-complementary

#38A682 #A63893 #A64B38

monochromatic

#194A3A #29785E #38A682 #55C6A1 #83D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#38A682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#38A682 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38A682

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A682	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 166, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.113 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc1a6',
    500: '#38a682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a682;
$custom-light: #7cc1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.364,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65326,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A682

secondary

#BF7B91

accent

#4F7CD9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A682

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

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