#38AC99#38AC99

#38AC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.106 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC99
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 153)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 11%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -36.67, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 36.67, 179.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.1061 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.106 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1304, 32.6432, 35.2653)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC99 #AC384B

analogous

#38AC5F #38AC99 #3885AC

triadic

#38AC99 #9938AC #AC9938

tetradic

#38AC99 #5F38AC #AC384B #85AC38

square

#38AC99 #5F38AC #AC384B #85AC38

split-complementary

#38AC99 #AC3885 #AC5F38

monochromatic

#1A5047 #297E70 #38AC99 #58C9B6 #87D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#38AC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC99

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC99	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94969B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.106 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5b7',
    500: '#38ac99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac99;
$custom-light: #7ec5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.172,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67523,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC99

secondary

#C27E89

accent

#4D65DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC99

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

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