#38AA89#38AA89

#38AA89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.113 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA89
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 137)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 19.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -39.88, 7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 40.63, 168.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.1116 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.113 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5187, 31.3941, 28.6404)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA89 #AA3859

analogous

#38AA50 #38AA89 #3892AA

triadic

#38AA89 #8938AA #AA8938

tetradic

#38AA89 #5038AA #AA3859 #92AA38

square

#38AA89 #5038AA #AA3859 #92AA38

split-complementary

#38AA89 #AA3892 #AA5038

monochromatic

#1A4E3F #297C64 #38AA89 #57C8A7 #85D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38AA89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#38AA89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA89

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA89	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96938B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.113 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4ab',
    500: '#38aa89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa89;
$custom-light: #7dc4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.632,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66546,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA89

secondary

#C17D91

accent

#4E76DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA89

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

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