#38AC8D#38AC8D

#38AC8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.113 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC8D
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 18%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -39.77, 6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 40.31, 170.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.1118 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.113 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1887, 32.2665, 30.3055)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC8D #AC3857

analogous

#38AC53 #38AC8D #3891AC

triadic

#38AC8D #8D38AC #AC8D38

tetradic

#38AC8D #5338AC #AC3857 #91AC38

square

#38AC8D #5338AC #AC3857 #91AC38

split-complementary

#38AC8D #AC3891 #AC5338

monochromatic

#1A5041 #297E67 #38AC8D #58C9AB #87D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#38AC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC8D

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC8D	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.113 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5ae',
    500: '#38ac8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac8d;
$custom-light: #7dc5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.966,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6717,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC8D

secondary

#C27E90

accent

#4D73DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC8D

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

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