#38AA87#38AA87

#38AA87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.115 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA87
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 135)
HSL	hsl(162, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 20.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -40.37, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 41.32, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.1125 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.115 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3765, 31.3372, 27.8918)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA87 #AA385B

analogous

#38AA4E #38AA87 #3894AA

triadic

#38AA87 #8738AA #AA8738

tetradic

#38AA87 #4E38AA #AA385B #94AA38

square

#38AA87 #4E38AA #AA385B #94AA38

split-complementary

#38AA87 #AA3894 #AA4E38

monochromatic

#1A4E3E #297C62 #38AA87 #57C8A5 #85D7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#38AA87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#38AA87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA87

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA87	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.115 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4aa',
    500: '#38aa87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa87;
$custom-light: #7dc4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.579,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA87

secondary

#C17D92

accent

#4E79DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA87

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

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