#38AC90#38AC90

#38AC90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC90
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 144)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -39.01, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 39.34, 172.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.1103 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.111 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4149, 32.3570, 31.4971)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC90 #AC3854

analogous

#38AC56 #38AC90 #388EAC

triadic

#38AC90 #9038AC #AC9038

tetradic

#38AC90 #5638AC #AC3854 #8EAC38

square

#38AC90 #5638AC #AC3854 #8EAC38

split-complementary

#38AC90 #AC388E #AC5638

monochromatic

#1A5043 #297E69 #38AC90 #58C9AE #87D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AC90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#38AC90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC90

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC90	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)

#A6A18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5b0',
    500: '#38ac90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac90;
$custom-light: #7dc5b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67255,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC90

secondary

#C27E8E

accent

#4D6FDA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC90

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

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