#38AD91#38AD91

#38AD91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.112 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AD91
RGB	rgb(56, 173, 145)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 16.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -39.20, 4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 39.52, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.1109 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.112 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6827, 32.7698, 31.9651)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AD91 #AD3854

analogous

#38AD56 #38AD91 #388FAD

triadic

#38AD91 #9138AD #AD9138

tetradic

#38AD91 #5638AD #AD3854 #8FAD38

square

#38AD91 #5638AD #AD3854 #8FAD38

split-complementary

#38AD91 #AD388F #AD5638

monochromatic

#1A5143 #297F6A #38AD91 #59C9AE #87D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#38AD91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#38AD91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AD91

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AD91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AD91	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)

#A7A290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ad91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 173, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.112 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec6b1',
    500: '#38ad91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ad91;
$custom-light: #7ec6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ad91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.641,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67538,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AD91

secondary

#C27F8F

accent

#4D6FDB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AD91

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

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