#38AC91#38AC91

#38AC91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC91
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 145)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 15.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -38.76, 4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 39.02, 173.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.1099 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.11 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4917, 32.3877, 31.9014)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC91 #AC3853

analogous

#38AC57 #38AC91 #388DAC

triadic

#38AC91 #9138AC #AC9138

tetradic

#38AC91 #5738AC #AC3853 #8DAC38

square

#38AC91 #5738AC #AC3853 #8DAC38

split-complementary

#38AC91 #AC388D #AC5738

monochromatic

#1A5043 #297E6A #38AC91 #58C9AF #87D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#38AC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#38AC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC91

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC91	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc5b1',
    500: '#38ac91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac91;
$custom-light: #7dc5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.034,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67284,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC91

secondary

#C27E8E

accent

#4D6EDA

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC91

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

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