#38AC94#38AC94

#38AC94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.109 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC94
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 148)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 14%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -37.99, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 38.10, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.1084 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.109 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7261, 32.4815, 33.1358)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC94 #AC3850

analogous

#38AC5A #38AC94 #388AAC

triadic

#38AC94 #9438AC #AC9438

tetradic

#38AC94 #5A38AC #AC3850 #8AAC38

square

#38AC94 #5A38AC #AC3850 #8AAC38

split-complementary

#38AC94 #AC388A #AC5A38

monochromatic

#1A5045 #297E6C #38AC94 #58C9B2 #87D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AC94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#38AC94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC94

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC94	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.109 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5b3',
    500: '#38ac94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac94;
$custom-light: #7ec5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67372,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC94

secondary

#C27E8C

accent

#4D6BDA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC94

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

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