#38AC8B#38AC8B

#38AC8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.114 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC8B
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 139)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 19.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -40.26, 7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 40.98, 169.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.1127 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.114 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0412, 32.2076, 29.5289)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC8B #AC3859

analogous

#38AC51 #38AC8B #3893AC

triadic

#38AC8B #8B38AC #AC8B38

tetradic

#38AC8B #5138AC #AC3859 #93AC38

square

#38AC8B #5138AC #AC3859 #93AC38

split-complementary

#38AC8B #AC3893 #AC5138

monochromatic

#1A5040 #297E66 #38AC8B #58C9A9 #87D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#38AC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC8B

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC8B	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)

#A7A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.114 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ac',
    500: '#38ac8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac8b;
$custom-light: #7dc5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.931,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67114,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC8B

secondary

#C27E91

accent

#4D76DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC8B

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

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