#38AB85#38AB85

#38AB85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.118 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB85
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 133)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 22.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -41.28, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 42.55, 165.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.1145 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.118 167)
XYZ	xyz(20.4252, 31.6578, 27.2199)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB85 #AB385E

analogous

#38AB4C #38AB85 #3898AB

triadic

#38AB85 #8538AB #AB8538

tetradic

#38AB85 #4C38AB #AB385E #98AB38

square

#38AB85 #4C38AB #AB385E #98AB38

split-complementary

#38AB85 #AB3898 #AB4C38

monochromatic

#1A4F3D #297D61 #38AB85 #58C8A3 #86D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#38AB85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#38AB85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB85

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB85	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.118 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5a8',
    500: '#38ab85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab85;
$custom-light: #7dc5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.174,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66695,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.3166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB85

secondary

#C17D94

accent

#4E7CDA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB85

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

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