#38AC8F#38AC8F

#38AC8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.112 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC8F
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 143)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 16.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -39.27, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 39.66, 171.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.1108 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.112 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3389, 32.3266, 31.0963)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC8F #AC3855

analogous

#38AC55 #38AC8F #388FAC

triadic

#38AC8F #8F38AC #AC8F38

tetradic

#38AC8F #5538AC #AC3855 #8FAC38

square

#38AC8F #5538AC #AC3855 #8FAC38

split-complementary

#38AC8F #AC388F #AC5538

monochromatic

#1A5042 #297E69 #38AC8F #58C9AD #87D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#38AC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC8F

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC8F	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.112 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5af',
    500: '#38ac8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac8f;
$custom-light: #7dc5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67226,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC8F

secondary

#C27E8F

accent

#4D71DA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC8F

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

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