#38AD8D#38AD8D

#38AD8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.114 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD8D
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 18.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -40.21, 7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 40.82, 170.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.1128 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.114 171)
XYZ	xyz(21.3797, 32.6486, 30.3692)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD8D #AD3858

analogous

#38AD53 #38AD8D #3892AD

triadic

#38AD8D #8D38AD #AD8D38

tetradic

#38AD8D #5338AD #AD3858 #92AD38

square

#38AD8D #5338AD #AD3858 #92AD38

split-complementary

#38AD8D #AD3892 #AD5338

monochromatic

#1A5142 #297F67 #38AD8D #59C9AB #87D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#38AD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#38AD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD8D

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD8D	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)

#A8A28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98968F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.114 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6ae',
    500: '#38ad8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad8d;
$custom-light: #7dc6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.59,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67425,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.32651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD8D

secondary

#C27F91

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD8D

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

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