#38AC8E#38AC8E

#38AC8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.112 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC8E
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 142)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -39.52, 6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 39.98, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.1113 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.112 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2634, 32.2964, 30.6992)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC8E #AC3856

analogous

#38AC54 #38AC8E #3890AC

triadic

#38AC8E #8E38AC #AC8E38

tetradic

#38AC8E #5438AC #AC3856 #90AC38

square

#38AC8E #5438AC #AC3856 #90AC38

split-complementary

#38AC8E #AC3890 #AC5438

monochromatic

#1A5042 #297E68 #38AC8E #58C9AC #87D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#38AC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#38AC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC8E

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC8E	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.112 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5af',
    500: '#38ac8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac8e;
$custom-light: #7dc5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.483,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67198,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC8E

secondary

#C27E90

accent

#4D72DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC8E

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

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