#38AB8D#38AB8D

#38AB8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AB8D
RGB	rgb(56, 171, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 17.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -39.33, 6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 39.80, 171.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.1107 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.112 172)
XYZ	xyz(20.9991, 31.8873, 30.2423)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AB8D #AB3856

analogous

#38AB54 #38AB8D #3890AB

triadic

#38AB8D #8D38AB #AB8D38

tetradic

#38AB8D #5438AB #AB3856 #90AB38

square

#38AB8D #5438AB #AB3856 #90AB38

split-complementary

#38AB8D #AB3890 #AB5438

monochromatic

#1A4F41 #297D67 #38AB8D #58C8AB #86D7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#38AB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AB8D

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AB8D	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ab8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 171, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ae',
    500: '#38ab8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ab8d;
$custom-light: #7dc5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ab8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66914,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.3189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AB8D

secondary

#C17D8F

accent

#4E72DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AB8D

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

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