#38AD8A#38AD8A

#38AD8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD8A
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -40.95, 8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 41.84, 168.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.1142 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.116 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1595, 32.5605, 29.2095)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD8A #AD385B

analogous

#38AD4F #38AD8A #3896AD

triadic

#38AD8A #8A38AD #AD8A38

tetradic

#38AD8A #4F38AD #AD385B #96AD38

square

#38AD8A #4F38AD #AD385B #96AD38

split-complementary

#38AD8A #AD3896 #AD4F38

monochromatic

#1A5140 #297F65 #38AD8A #59C9A8 #87D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#38AD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#38AD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD8A

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD8A	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98968C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6ac',
    500: '#38ad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad8a;
$custom-light: #7dc6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.051,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67343,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD8A

secondary

#C27F93

accent

#4D78DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD8A

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

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