#38AD86#38AD86

#38AD86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.119 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD86
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 134)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 22.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -41.91, 10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 43.25, 165.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.1162 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.119 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8753, 32.4468, 27.7123)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD86 #AD385F

analogous

#38AD4B #38AD86 #389AAD

triadic

#38AD86 #8638AD #AD8638

tetradic

#38AD86 #4B38AD #AD385F #9AAD38

square

#38AD86 #4B38AD #AD385F #9AAD38

split-complementary

#38AD86 #AD389A #AD4B38

monochromatic

#1A513E #297F62 #38AD86 #59C9A4 #87D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AD86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#38AD86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD86

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD86	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6a9',
    500: '#38ad86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad86;
$custom-light: #7dc6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67236,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD86

secondary

#C27F95

accent

#4D7CDB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD86

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

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