#38AB8A#38AB8A

#38AB8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.114 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB8A
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 19.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -40.07, 7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 40.81, 169.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.1121 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.114 170)
XYZ	xyz(20.7789, 31.7993, 29.0826)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB8A #AB3859

analogous

#38AB51 #38AB8A #3893AB

triadic

#38AB8A #8A38AB #AB8A38

tetradic

#38AB8A #5138AB #AB3859 #93AB38

square

#38AB8A #5138AB #AB3859 #93AB38

split-complementary

#38AB8A #AB3893 #AB5138

monochromatic

#1A4F40 #297D65 #38AB8A #58C8A8 #86D7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#38AB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB8A

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB8A	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.114 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ac',
    500: '#38ab8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab8a;
$custom-light: #7dc5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.783,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6683,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.31802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB8A

secondary

#C17D91

accent

#4E76DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB8A

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

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