#38A87E#38A87E

#38A87E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A87E
RGB	rgb(56, 168, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 25%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -41.64, 12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 43.51, 163.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.1147 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.119 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3974, 30.3503, 24.5705)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A87E #A83862

analogous

#38A846 #38A87E #389AA8

triadic

#38A87E #7E38A8 #A87E38

tetradic

#38A87E #4638A8 #A83862 #9AA838

square

#38A87E #4638A8 #A83862 #9AA838

split-complementary

#38A87E #A8389A #A84638

monochromatic

#194C39 #297A5C #38A87E #56C79D #84D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#38A87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#38A87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A87E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A87E	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 168, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2a3',
    500: '#38a87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a87e;
$custom-light: #7cc2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65739,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A87E

secondary

#C07C95

accent

#4E82DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A87E

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

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