#38AC80#38AC80

#38AC80 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.123 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC80
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 128)
HSL	hsl(157, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 25.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -42.88, 13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 44.92, 162.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.118 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.123 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2776, 31.9021, 25.5069)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC80 #AC3864

analogous

#38AC46 #38AC80 #389EAC

triadic

#38AC80 #8038AC #AC8038

tetradic

#38AC80 #4638AC #AC3864 #9EAC38

square

#38AC80 #4638AC #AC3864 #9EAC38

split-complementary

#38AC80 #AC389E #AC4638

monochromatic

#1A503B #297E5E #38AC80 #58C99E #87D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#38AC80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#38AC80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC80

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC80	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)

#A9A07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.123 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5a5',
    500: '#38ac80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac80;
$custom-light: #7dc5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66824,
    "c": 0.12284,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC80

secondary

#C27E98

accent

#4D83DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC80

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

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