#38AC8A#38AC8A

#38AC8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.115 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC8A
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 19.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -40.51, 8.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 41.32, 168.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.1132 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.115 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9685, 32.1785, 29.1458)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC8A #AC385A

analogous

#38AC50 #38AC8A #3894AC

triadic

#38AC8A #8A38AC #AC8A38

tetradic

#38AC8A #5038AC #AC385A #94AC38

square

#38AC8A #5038AC #AC385A #94AC38

split-complementary

#38AC8A #AC3894 #AC5038

monochromatic

#1A5040 #297E65 #38AC8A #58C9A8 #87D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#38AC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC8A

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC8A	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.115 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ac',
    500: '#38ac8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac8a;
$custom-light: #7dc5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.414,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67086,
    "c": 0.1151,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC8A

secondary

#C27E92

accent

#4D77DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC8A

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

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