#38AC95#38AC95

#38AC95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.108 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC95
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 149)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 13.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, -37.73, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 37.80, 176.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.108 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.108 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8056, 32.5133, 33.5544)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC95 #AC384F

analogous

#38AC5B #38AC95 #3889AC

triadic

#38AC95 #9538AC #AC9538

tetradic

#38AC95 #5B38AC #AC384F #89AC38

square

#38AC95 #5B38AC #AC384F #89AC38

split-complementary

#38AC95 #AC3889 #AC5B38

monochromatic

#1A5045 #297E6D #38AC95 #58C9B2 #87D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#38AC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC95

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC95	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)

#A5A194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.108 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5b4',
    500: '#38ac95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac95;
$custom-light: #7ec5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.103,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67402,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC95

secondary

#C27E8B

accent

#4D69DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC95

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

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