#38AA8D#38AA8D

#38AA8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.111 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA8D
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 141)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 17.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -38.88, 5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 39.30, 171.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.1097 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.111 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8109, 31.5110, 30.1796)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA8D #AA3855

analogous

#38AA54 #38AA8D #388EAA

triadic

#38AA8D #8D38AA #AA8D38

tetradic

#38AA8D #5438AA #AA3855 #8EAA38

square

#38AA8D #5438AA #AA3855 #8EAA38

split-complementary

#38AA8D #AA388E #AA5438

monochromatic

#1A4E41 #297C67 #38AA8D #57C8AB #85D7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#38AA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#38AA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA8D

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA8D	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95948F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.111 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4ae',
    500: '#38aa8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa8d;
$custom-light: #7dc4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.737,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66658,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA8D

secondary

#C17D8E

accent

#4E71DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA8D

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

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