#38AD8F#38AD8F

#38AD8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.113 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD8F
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 143)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 17.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -39.71, 6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 40.16, 171.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.1119 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.113 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5299, 32.7087, 31.1600)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD8F #AD3856

analogous

#38AD54 #38AD8F #3891AD

triadic

#38AD8F #8F38AD #AD8F38

tetradic

#38AD8F #5438AD #AD3856 #91AD38

square

#38AD8F #5438AD #AD3856 #91AD38

split-complementary

#38AD8F #AD3891 #AD5438

monochromatic

#1A5143 #297F69 #38AD8F #59C9AC #87D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38AD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#38AD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD8F

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD8F	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.113 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6af',
    500: '#38ad8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad8f;
$custom-light: #7dc6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.615,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67481,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD8F

secondary

#C27F90

accent

#4D71DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD8F

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

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