#38A87F#38A87F

#38A87F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.118 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38A87F
RGB	rgb(56, 168, 127)
HSL	hsl(158, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 24.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -41.40, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 43.14, 163.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.1143 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.118 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4622, 30.3762, 24.9121)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38A87F #A83861

analogous

#38A847 #38A87F #3899A8

triadic

#38A87F #7F38A8 #A87F38

tetradic

#38A87F #4738A8 #A83861 #99A838

square

#38A87F #4738A8 #A83861 #99A838

split-complementary

#38A87F #A83899 #A84738

monochromatic

#194C3A #297A5C #38A87F #56C79E #84D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#38A87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#38A87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38A87F

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38A87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38A87F	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38a87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 168, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.118 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cc2a4',
    500: '#38a87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38a87f;
$custom-light: #7cc2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38a87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.036,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65765,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38A87F

secondary

#C07C95

accent

#4E81DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38A87F

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

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