#38AA8E#38AA8E

#38AA8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.110 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AA8E
RGB	rgb(56, 170, 142)
HSL	hsl(165, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 16.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -38.63, 5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 38.98, 172.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.1092 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.11 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8857, 31.5409, 30.5732)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AA8E #AA3854

analogous

#38AA55 #38AA8E #388DAA

triadic

#38AA8E #8E38AA #AA8E38

tetradic

#38AA8E #5538AA #AA3854 #8DAA38

square

#38AA8E #5538AA #AA3854 #8DAA38

split-complementary

#38AA8E #AA388D #AA5538

monochromatic

#1A4E41 #297C68 #38AA8E #57C8AC #85D7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#38AA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#38AA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AA8E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AA8E	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38aa8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 170, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.110 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc4af',
    500: '#38aa8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38aa8e;
$custom-light: #7dc4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38aa8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66687,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AA8E

secondary

#C17D8E

accent

#4E70DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AA8E

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

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