#38AC89#38AC89

#38AC89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.116 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC89
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 137)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 20.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -40.75, 8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 41.67, 167.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.1137 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.116 169)
XYZ	xyz(20.8964, 32.1496, 28.7663)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC89 #AC385B

analogous

#38AC4F #38AC89 #3895AC

triadic

#38AC89 #8938AC #AC8938

tetradic

#38AC89 #4F38AC #AC385B #95AC38

square

#38AC89 #4F38AC #AC385B #95AC38

split-complementary

#38AC89 #AC3895 #AC4F38

monochromatic

#1A503F #297E64 #38AC89 #58C9A7 #87D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#38AC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#38AC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC89

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC89	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98958B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.116 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ab',
    500: '#38ac89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac89;
$custom-light: #7dc5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.897,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67059,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.32152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC89

secondary

#C27E92

accent

#4D78DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC89

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

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