#38AD90#38AD90

#38AD90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.112 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD90
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 144)
HSL	hsl(165, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 16.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -39.46, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 39.84, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.1114 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.112 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6060, 32.7391, 31.5608)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD90 #AD3855

analogous

#38AD55 #38AD90 #3890AD

triadic

#38AD90 #9038AD #AD9038

tetradic

#38AD90 #5538AD #AD3855 #90AD38

square

#38AD90 #5538AD #AD3855 #90AD38

split-complementary

#38AD90 #AD3890 #AD5538

monochromatic

#1A5143 #297F6A #38AD90 #59C9AD #87D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38AD90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#38AD90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD90

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD90	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.112 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc6b0',
    500: '#38ad90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad90;
$custom-light: #7dc6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.128,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6751,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD90

secondary

#C27F8F

accent

#4D70DB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD90

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

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