#38AA8A#38AA8A

#38AA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.113 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA8A
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -39.63, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 40.29, 169.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.1111 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.113 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5907, 31.4229, 29.0199)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA8A #AA3858

analogous

#38AA51 #38AA8A #3891AA

triadic

#38AA8A #8A38AA #AA8A38

tetradic

#38AA8A #5138AA #AA3858 #91AA38

square

#38AA8A #5138AA #AA3858 #91AA38

split-complementary

#38AA8A #AA3891 #AA5138

monochromatic

#1A4E3F #297C65 #38AA8A #57C8A8 #85D7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#38AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA8A

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA8A	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)

#A59F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.113 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4ac',
    500: '#38aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa8a;
$custom-light: #7dc4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.158,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66574,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA8A

secondary

#C17D90

accent

#4E75DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA8A

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

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