#38AB82#38AB82

#38AB82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB82
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 130)
HSL	hsl(159, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 24%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -41.99, 11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 43.64, 164.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.116 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.12 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2209, 31.5761, 26.1439)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB82 #AB3861

analogous

#38AB49 #38AB82 #389BAB

triadic

#38AB82 #8238AB #AB8238

tetradic

#38AB82 #4938AB #AB3861 #9BAB38

square

#38AB82 #4938AB #AB3861 #9BAB38

split-complementary

#38AB82 #AB389B #AB4938

monochromatic

#1A4F3C #297D5F #38AB82 #58C8A0 #86D7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#38AB82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#38AB82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB82

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB82	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5a6',
    500: '#38ab82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab82;
$custom-light: #7dc5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.609,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66617,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB82

secondary

#C17D96

accent

#4E80DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB82

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

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