#38AA85#38AA85

#38AA85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.116 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA85
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 133)
HSL	hsl(161, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 21.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -40.85, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 42.03, 166.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.1135 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.116 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2370, 31.2814, 27.1571)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA85 #AA385D

analogous

#38AA4C #38AA85 #3896AA

triadic

#38AA85 #8538AA #AA8538

tetradic

#38AA85 #4C38AA #AA385D #96AA38

square

#38AA85 #4C38AA #AA385D #96AA38

split-complementary

#38AA85 #AA3896 #AA4C38

monochromatic

#1A4E3D #297C61 #38AA85 #57C8A3 #85D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#38AA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#38AA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA85

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA85	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.116 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4a8',
    500: '#38aa85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa85;
$custom-light: #7dc4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.526,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66438,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA85

secondary

#C17D93

accent

#4E7BDA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA85

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

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