#38AC9D#38AC9D

#38AC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.104 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AC9D
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -35.59, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 35.64, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.1042 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.104 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4663, 32.7776, 37.0344)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AC9D #AC3847

analogous

#38AC63 #38AC9D #3881AC

triadic

#38AC9D #9D38AC #AC9D38

tetradic

#38AC9D #6338AC #AC3847 #81AC38

square

#38AC9D #6338AC #AC3847 #81AC38

split-complementary

#38AC9D #AC3881 #AC6338

monochromatic

#1A5049 #297E73 #38AC9D #58C9BA #87D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38AC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#38AC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AC9D

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AC9D	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ac9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.104 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5b9',
    500: '#38ac9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ac9d;
$custom-light: #7ec5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ac9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.241,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67649,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AC9D

secondary

#C27E87

accent

#4D60DA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AC9D

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

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